onthly MeditationMeditation for April 2011
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Judith reads:
A Love-letter from God
Evelyn Underhill says in her book Mysticism, "The feeling-states accompanying [mystical visions such as those of St. Teresa, a sixteenth century contemplative] are certainty and joy, which is as it were a love-letter received by the ardent soul." P. 196
Certainty and joy are also experienced today by those who commune in prayer with God. Some are, indeed, mystics in today's world; they may see visions or hear God's voice; some are contemplatives; some are intercessors for those in need.
Some spend time with God each day in their own unique way with no label put to what they do other than that they desire to be with God. They are given strength and guidance by reading the scriptures, spending quiet time in prayer, and listening for God's will in their lives as they pray.
A daily disciplined showing up to be with God is not an unpleasant discipline but the discipline of joy, such as that of a new bride who joyfully hurries home to be with her husband after a day apart from him at work.
If you have been meaning to begin a practice of daily prayer, Lent is an ideal time to start. Lent is a time when many Christians make that little extra effort to do something for God, a time when we remember Christ's sacrifice on the cross for us, for our sins to be forgiven once and for all.
For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16–17 (New Living Translation.)
In this message from St. John's Gospel, there is certainty and joy for all Christians.
© Judith Lawrence March 2011
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