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Weekend Reflections on the Word of God – November 15, 2009

November 15, 2009 By Jean Wise

Lectio Divina – a holy reading of the Bible slowly, savoring it, and enjoying it with the Lord – is the spiritual practice of sacred reading of the scriptures. The intention is not to learn or gain information but to deepen our relationship with God. St Benedict encourages us to “to listen with the ear of our hearts.”
Join me once a week for Lectio Divina. I will share a verse and a word that spoke to my heart. Read and listen to the verses here. And gently ask God for a word or phrase that speaks to your heart for that day – that is what lectio means. Once we find that gift, we hold it, meditate, and savor its meaning. This step is called meditation.
Then offer that word back to God in prayer or the third step of oratio. In prayer we allow our real selves to be touched and changed by the word of God.
Finally, we simply rest in the presence of the One who has used His word as a means of inviting us to accept His transforming embrace. No one who has ever been in love needs to be reminded that there are moments in loving relationships when words are unnecessary.
Come into the presence of the Lord.

Yet I still belong to you; you hold my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny.
Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.
My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.
Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you.

But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter,
and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.
Psalm 73:23-28 (New Living Translation)

I still belong to you –

Though I neglect you
I still belong to you –
Though I forget you
I still belong to you –
Though I try to fill my life with worldly things
I still belong to you
Though my heart wanders
I still belong to you

Thank you for being the God who clings to me no matter how I behave
Loves me no matter how I act
Forgives me no matter how I stray

Thank you Lord for never giving up on me and that
I still belong to you.

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  1. Karen says

    November 15, 2009 at 9:49 pm

    Though my health and strength may fail, He is the strength of my heart. Amen and Amen.

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