Sunday, May 29, 2011

Trusting and Recording the Counsel and Comfort of the Lord

MORNING PAGES–A PLACE TO GET HONEST AS I CAN BEAR TO BE WITH MYSELF AND WITH GOD.
May 26, 2011

Morning pages, as I learned to call them from Julia Cameron in her book The Artist’s Way, don’t have to just be done in the morning. They can be an act of getting in touch with your own truth and in tune with God’s truth at any time in the day that you can take a few minutes out to retreat and relax and hang out “unto” Him–turn your attention to your truth and His.

In other words, they are a place that you can retreat to and get down and get honest with yourself and God as you best understand God. You can tell God your truth from your finite perspective–admitting that it is definitely finite, but that it’s the best you’ve got at the moment. You can allow God–if you will trust that God is interested enough and close enough (don’t forget the kingdom of God is within you), intimate enough, and kind enough to “whisper” to you through the “still, small voice” of the Spirit–to put thoughts into your mind. Kind thoughts. Patient thoughts. Wise thoughts. Compassionate thoughts toward you and toward all. Understanding thoughts–giving you counsel and guidance, comfort and solace that you will be surprised by, in awe of, and will not be able to go away thinking you came up with on your own.

If you use a quote from the scriptures, the prophets, or other inspiring text to jump start your own thoughts and your exchange with the Lord–that’s what many people call “capturing.” In reality, it could all be considered capturing as in capturing and “pinning down” what you’re needing to admit (your truth) and what the Lord wants to share with you if you are willing to believe He can and will.

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