One of those moments
20 03 2007I have been involved in an effort to start a church in Palisade for a few years now, and on Sunday night several of us we in Palisade for a church service. Everything went well although, as usual, we did not have the attendance that we had hoped for. However, as we were praying at the end of our time together I had one of those moments where I knew that God was changing the way I think about him. Just before we started to pray Darrin said that he was going to read two of his favorite Psalms. Without even thinking about it I just picked up my Bible and turned to Psalm 67, as if he had told us that he was going to read it. Just as I started to read Darrin said, “I am going to start with Psalm 67.” That was when it got weird. The problem was that I knew it was not luck. I just know Darrin well enough that when he said he would read his favorite Psalm, I knew which one it was. Then God asked if I can hear his voice and respond to it the way I did when I heard Darrin, so that when God speaks I can react immediately simply because I know him.
Hey man. I’ve been working on this a lot. Turns out that listening prayers are really hard, but really cool, all at the same time. It can take weeks before you can finally turn your brain off and listen. But once you do, it’ll change your day. For a place to start, check out what these Trappist monks say about centering prayer.