ANOTHER MEDITATION.

The Presence of God

As I sit here at my computer, God is present,
breathing life into me and into everything around me.
For a few moments, I sit silently,
and become aware of God's loving presence.

I receive you my Father. You are the source of my life. Finally I am beginning to understand that you are FOR me. Your intentions towards me are GOOD! I picture you, looking at me as I sit here typing away; and amazingly enough; there is love in your eyes. Fondness. Sometimes you are disappointed I am sure. But your love overshadows it all. You really are God; here and near.

Freedom

A thick and shapeless tree-trunk would never believe
that it could become a statue, admired as a miracle of sculpture,
and would never submit itself to the chisel of the sculptor,
who sees by her genius what she can make of it. (St Ignatius)
I ask for the grace to let myself be shaped by my loving Creator.

YES! Shape me Father! Make me what I am best intended to be! Every breath, every moment, you work at me, making me into something precious. NO! I am already precious! You shape me to become the finished work of the father. Lovingly you carve and chafe. I welcome your work in me. Only love can accomplish the best for me and only you love me utterly. I welcome your attentions, Lord…

Consciousness

How am I really feeling? Lighthearted? Heavy-hearted?
I may be very much at peace, happy to be here.
Equally, I may be frustrated, worried or angry.
I acknowledge how I really am. It is the real me that the Lord loves.

I feel in me a weight of PRESENCE. You in me. Lord, I ask that this will last. I have felt so many varieties of sensation, but this may just end up in a deep and abiding JOY! How that would alter my life. Not to have an underlying dread that what I feel now has to end at some time soon. “Na lekker lag kom lekker huil…” no longer. If only I could get used to this. Knowing. That I. Am loved.

The Word
I take my time to read the Word of God, slowly, a few times,
allowing myself to dwell on anything that strikes me.

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Matthew 11:25-27

At that time Jesus said, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

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What are you saying to me, Lord?

So, Jesus, you are revealing the Father to me. At last I get to see and understand who and what you are. At least inasmuch as it concerns me. You are the lover of my soul. Thanks too that I do not have to be learned to know what it is to be loved by you. You are showing yourself to me, and I LOVE IT!

Conversation
Do I notice myself reacting as I pray with the Word of God?
Do I feel challenged, comforted, angry?
Imagining Jesus sitting or standing by me,
I speak out my feelings, as one trusted friend to another.

No, I am not angry. I am definitely encouraged. I feel sated. Having feasted again on you. Satisfied with love. More of this Lord. More love, more of you in my life! Blessed God!

Conclusion

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be,
world without end. AMEN