Many apologies for the blogging silence, dear friends. I have been in the Boston area, working on my doctoral program at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. I will be here throughout this coming week, as well. While I have certainly had some extra time in which to blog, I have not had much brain power left over after classes and homework. My mind is preoccupied with overly ambitious thoughts and is overwhelmed from very long days. I did, however, want to share something I read in a devotional book last night. Since my own thoughts are stagnate right now, I am borrowing from the thoughts of others (and it will probably be even more inspirational!). The following is taken from the book "The Monstatic Way: Ancient Wisdom for Contemporary Living, a Book of Daily Readings" edited by Hannah Ward and Jennifer Wild.
This devotional is entitled "Recognising the Voice" and begins with this quote:
"God is always at home. It is we who have gone out for a walk"
~Meister Eckhart
(and then the actual devotional, which happens to be in more of a poem format for this particular day)
"In the film
Dead Poets Society,
a student pretends
to get a phone call
during morning assembly.
When the phone rings,
he answers it
and tells the headmaster
that it is God calling.
I have spent
the majority of my life
waiting for that ring,
putting my life
on hold,
sitting through
sleepless nights
waiting, as if
for Godot,
but I only get
wrong numbers
or solicitors.
Each ring
I anticipate
a divine voice,
hoping beyond hope
that this time it is God,
but then it is
a lonely voice
or a distraught student
and again
I missed God,
or did I.
I wonder if maybe
I have heard
from God,
but just haven't
recognised the voice."
~Benedict Auer
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Hope you're enjoying Boston when you get a couple minutes free!
What great thoughts and reflections. If only we could remember this more often. I'm fascinated by how quickly we forget the nature of God. We hear a great sermon and we're inspired to change and deepen then by the time we've reached the parking lot, it's gone!
I connected a lot with Mike Slaughter saying last week that he is a dangerous person when he misses his daily time with God. It takes him 24 hours to lose a healthy fear or God. I think I lose it quicker than 24 hours!
must... have... new... post... from... Tina.
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