The world is spinning. It is filled with so much diversity. Each day brings a different meeting, with a new person, from a different lifestyle, and a different worldview. Science. Philosophy. Theology. Like children on a merry go round. And the more arms who join to push, the faster it spins. You look up at the sky to see colors and shapes blur into one single image of nothingness.
What can we do in a world that is telling us so many different things, shouting so many opinions, preaching different history? How can we find clarity? I propose we take time to do nothing. We sometimes feel we have to fill every moment of the day with something productive, an item to cross off of the to do list, but so much can be discovered when we do nothing. This is how I get back in touch with myself and with God.
Try a 10 minute meditation. Set up a room with candles or incense. Or go outside and sit.
Find a quiet place to close your eyes and breathe. No reading or watching media. No adding anything else to your head, but simply pondering what it already inside.
I enjoy taking time to think about God. I love the concept about just thinking about Him.
Thinking about who He is and what He has done for me. Remembering who I was and who I am. Because in a world so loud and full opinions and passions, I need time to reengage with mine.
I don’t think the candles or incense would help me, as much as beautiful Christian music, just instrumental. But, esp.I would need quiet, with no one else around. It seems I always have to be planning somthing, or working on something to feel like I’m accomplishing something. But I know I need to take more time to quietly think about God and all He does. I just got out a book I hadn’t looked at for a long time: Safe in the Shepherd’s Arms by Max Lucado. I read the 23rd Psalm and the first few pages of the book. I meditated on the fact that God is changeless, has power over everything, is eternal, and He is my Shepherd. He takes care of me. This is wonderful! We all need to stay centered in HIm, in order to face the day each day.
That’s beautiful! That should be our meditation today. Thank You!
I was just pondering this yesterday. In my 33 years, I don’t think I’ve ever spent one day totally relaxing and not feeling obligated to do something. I’ve always had the mindset, however wrong it is, that I must always be doing something productive. Work comes before pleasure, reading the Bible comes before reading for fun, etc. I have never just kicked back and done totally what I want for a day. Even in my prayer time I feel the need to pray for every single request I can think of instead of just being silent before God and basking in His presence. My new goal is to start my quiet time each day by just being quiet. If I don’t say one single word, I will be ok with that. I need to remind myself daily that God loves me for me, not for what I do.
So true. It is easy to get caught up in measuring our spiritual strength by our to dos, as if God needs anything from us! When all He wants is our love.