Monday, October 6, 2008
October 6
It has been a while since I have blogged! This is new to me and I am not yet in the hang of it. I have been reading an excellent book by Leighton Ford entitled "The Attentive Life". It is giving consideration to Praying the Hours and relating it to our own lives. I am still working through it and actually want to read some of the resources that he alludes to! As I have been reading I am asking myself how attentive am I? I have been exceptionally busy this semester and am very concerned that my busyness is creating potential problems in my own spiritual life and journey!!!! That is my first concern, and then how will this affect my relationship with my wife, family and the students that I am teaching and mentoring? I need to more than anything listen to the voice of God!
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This reminds me of Brother Lawrence who spent most of his life working in a monastery kitchen, yet devoted himself to seeking God through every task of his day. I love how he said, "As often as I could, I placed myself as a worshiper before him, fixing my mind upon his holy presence, recalling it when I found it wandering from him. This proved to be an exercise frequently painful, yet I persisted through all difficulties." What a powerful discipline, to learn how to bring God into every moment of our day no matter what that day entails. Even while doing the dishes. :)
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