PRAYER PAUSE
Thursday 14
July 2016
MY SPIRIT
SEEKS FOR YOU
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “At night my soul longs for you and
my spirit in me seeks for you.” (Isaiah 26:7…19)
Reflection. My soul and my spirit seeks …! It
sounds like the prophet is speaking of something distinct from me; something I
have, that I am not fully conscious of. Augustine spoke of being “restless”
until he rested in God. It is as though he has no control over something within
him. I think that is true. We are, I suppose, more or less in control of what
we are conscious of. But we are not in control of our unconscious. It is that
beautiful part of us that won’t be quiet - even in dreams. We are drawn to God
in ways we are not conscious of. We are like a sound tree that produces good
fruit while hardly knowing what we are doing. It is just part of us.
Prayer. Lord, may we listen to our own
restlessness as we are drawn to you. Amen
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