“Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?” Ps139.7 ESV
It is a stimulating experience to be around a person who is awake to life. Whenever these people walk into the room, you sense that they are a hundred percent there, alive to the moment. Awake people communicate the very magic of life simply because they are interacting with every single thing around them very much like the child investigating every thing in sight. I think this is some of what it means to wake up--to be very much like a child again--aware of God’s very real presence and to realize that He has always been there but we just didn’t noticed Him before. 1/26/2010 Conversations Within ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
“…what the world needs is people who have come alive.” Howard Thurman
“Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?” Ps139.7 ESV
It is a stimulating experience to be around a person who is awake to life. Whenever these people walk into the room, you sense that they are a hundred percent there, alive to the moment. Awake people communicate the very magic of life simply because they are interacting with every single thing around them very much like the child investigating every thing in sight. I think this is some of what it means to wake up--to be very much like a child again--aware of God’s very real presence and to realize that He has always been there but we just didn’t noticed Him before. 1/26/2010 Conversations Within ts
It is a stimulating experience to be around a person who is awake to life. Whenever these people walk into the room, you sense that they are a hundred percent there, alive to the moment. Awake people communicate the very magic of life simply because they are interacting with every single thing around them very much like the child investigating every thing in sight. I think this is some of what it means to wake up--to be very much like a child again--aware of God’s very real presence and to realize that He has always been there but we just didn’t noticed Him before. 1/26/2010 Conversations Within ts
On average, people speak about sixteen thousand words a day. One wonders how many of them are directed to God.
“Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.” Rom 13:11
Once God wakes us from sleep, how do we remain awake? I have people all of the time who tell me they rise first thing in the morning and spend time with the Lord in quiet reflection but then lose the sense of God’s presence when they go to work. But Christ assures us that He is our constant companion; He goes to work in us. It is the sense of His presence we loose, but we never loose His presence within. I think we sometimes confuse God with some warm feeling. But remaining awake to His presence is certainly more than a good feeling. We must as Brother Lawrence called it, “practice the presence of God.” Some say that it is easier to do this in a monastery than on the job. But is it really? I think we will find that God is just as willing to fellowship with us as much in our work as in our worship. I have found it helpful to simply talk with Him, not mindless jabber mind you, just delightful conversation.
Once God wakes us from sleep, how do we remain awake? I have people all of the time who tell me they rise first thing in the morning and spend time with the Lord in quiet reflection but then lose the sense of God’s presence when they go to work. But Christ assures us that He is our constant companion; He goes to work in us. It is the sense of His presence we loose, but we never loose His presence within. I think we sometimes confuse God with some warm feeling. But remaining awake to His presence is certainly more than a good feeling. We must as Brother Lawrence called it, “practice the presence of God.” Some say that it is easier to do this in a monastery than on the job. But is it really? I think we will find that God is just as willing to fellowship with us as much in our work as in our worship. I have found it helpful to simply talk with Him, not mindless jabber mind you, just delightful conversation.
On average, people speak about sixteen thousand words a day. One wonders how many of them are directed to God.
“Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed.” Rom 13:11
Once God wakes us from sleep, how do we remain awake? I have people all of the time who tell me they rise first thing in the morning and spend time with the Lord in quiet reflection but then lose the sense of God’s presence when they go to work. But Christ assures us that He is our constant companion; He goes to work in us. It is the sense of His presence we loose, but we never loose His presence within. I think we sometimes confuse God with some warm feeling. But remaining awake to His presence is certainly more than a good feeling. We must as Brother Lawrence called it, “practice the presence of God.” Some say that it is easier to do this in a monastery than on the job. But is it really? I think we will find that God is just as willing to fellowship with us as much in our work as in our worship. I have found it helpful to simply talk with Him, not mindless jabber mind you, just delightful conversation.
Once God wakes us from sleep, how do we remain awake? I have people all of the time who tell me they rise first thing in the morning and spend time with the Lord in quiet reflection but then lose the sense of God’s presence when they go to work. But Christ assures us that He is our constant companion; He goes to work in us. It is the sense of His presence we loose, but we never loose His presence within. I think we sometimes confuse God with some warm feeling. But remaining awake to His presence is certainly more than a good feeling. We must as Brother Lawrence called it, “practice the presence of God.” Some say that it is easier to do this in a monastery than on the job. But is it really? I think we will find that God is just as willing to fellowship with us as much in our work as in our worship. I have found it helpful to simply talk with Him, not mindless jabber mind you, just delightful conversation.
"He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep; wake him." Anonymous
“And what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake." Mk.13.37 ESV
Once we wake to the presence of God, our task is to remain awake. We are so easily lulled back into sleep. But imagine how our everyday interactions would change if we were to remain awake to God’s presence. We are truly awake when we are aware, not just to His presence around us but His presence in us. His presence within is actually more potent than if Jesus physically walked with us each day. The disciples managed to fall asleep when He was just a few feet away. But when the soul is awake to the Presence within, we may commune with Him even in our sleep. 1/25/2010 Conversations Within ts
Once we wake to the presence of God, our task is to remain awake. We are so easily lulled back into sleep. But imagine how our everyday interactions would change if we were to remain awake to God’s presence. We are truly awake when we are aware, not just to His presence around us but His presence in us. His presence within is actually more potent than if Jesus physically walked with us each day. The disciples managed to fall asleep when He was just a few feet away. But when the soul is awake to the Presence within, we may commune with Him even in our sleep. 1/25/2010 Conversations Within ts
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