Heavenly Father, prayers for those asking me for prayers, esp: Carrot, lol, and her healthy twins, a father with heart issues, and the passing of a beloved grandfather. Prayers for all marriages everywhere; for singles and marrieds to stay true to God's path and will for their lives; for agnostics and atheists, that through my actions I may lead them closer to You, Lord. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Yesterday, when I was in the chapel for my hourly visit with the Lord, I began writing this blog:
You may wonder what I say when I'm in the chapel for an hour, sometimes more.
Let me start by saying what I don't do: I don't complain about situations. Instead I "offer them up," and "give them" to God. I pray for everyone who's asked for prayers - and for those who don't ask, but certainly need them, lol - and I give many thanks.
A few years ago I read The Shack, and one of the images that stayed with me from this book is the idea of Jesus being an outdoorsman. So, sometimes in adoration, I imagine He and I fishing together on a calm pond, or me laying on His chest by the pond/lake; as I lay on Him, I'm doing my best to saturate myself with His energy; His essence. Pretty sexy, huh? ;)
Mostly I 'see' gorgeous rays of white light eminanting from His beautifully suspended body. This incandescent light engulfs me with His
Blessings, His Grace, and His Goodness. I close my eyes and let His Substance effuse me, the energy getting stronger as time passes.
In short, I feast on Jesus.
Sometimes the hour creeps by and I'm having a hard time focusing on the Lord, or 'seeing' anything, or the opposite is true; I have too much to tell our Lord and Savior and an hour's not enough time for everything.
I've also been practicing Lectio Divina - the fine art of meditating on scripture - while in Holy Hour, and it lead me to a passage I didn't understand. I implored God to help me with it's meaning. The scripture, Revelations, Ch 2, verse 4, reads, "Yet I hold this against you: you have lost the love you had at first." (and here was where my pen broke in three places - no kidding!) I put the pieces in my purse, and went back to meditating and 'seeing' the Lord.
Later, I realized what God was telling me with this passage. Before my Advent journey began, I would sit and submerge myself in God's love during Holy Hour. It was all I could handle at the time, and still is, really. I wouldn't even speak to Jesus, I just sat in His Presence, contemplating His Being, and His Unconditional Love for Me. But since I've started this sojourn, when I've been in God's house, I'm reading spiritual books I've been given, or the bible, and not devoting my FULL attention to God-Jesus. The Revelations passage, and my pen breaking, woke me up to what God is trying to tell me: when I've got an hour with Him, I need to spend it fully concentrating on Him, just like I did when I first participated in Adoration. No outside distractions of any kind, not even to clue my four readers, lol, on what I do in Adoration! LOL
Good is good, all the time.
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world." Mother Theresa
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