My Spiritual Journey

Practicing the Presence of God. The phrase that encompasses my current frame of mind. The more I learn about prayer, the more I practice mediation, the more I memorize scripture, the more I realize that everything points to practicing the presence of God.

My two quotes for the week are both from Adele Calhoun

• "We cannot open ourselves to someone we don't even notice"
  

• "We can get so busy doing urgent things and so preoccupied with what comes next that we don't experience NOW...the present moment becomes a crack between what we did and what we have yet to do."

The disciplines I'm working to establish in my life have led me to a point of silence. A point where I don't just focus on the future and what I want to accomplish but a point of enjoying the presence of God in each and every moment of the day. Its a ton more difficult than I thought it would be! I mean how do you enjoy the presence of God while cleaning up your kids' throw up? But I know God is leading me on this journey and so I willingly submit to it and allow Him to teach me this not so easy lesson.

Goals from last week:

• I have Matthew 5:1-3 memorized.
  
• I've been up most mornings by 5:45am...still working on getting out of bed on the first beep!
• I've answered questions # 1 & #5...still working on 15, 19, & 20
• I have confirmed our family service project and we will start serving together next week!

Goals for this next week:

• Continue to memorize the Sermon on the Mount
• Get out of bed on the first beep!
• Finish the vision casting questions
• Finish the book "The Practice of the Presence of God" by brother Lawrence

I love the journey the Lord has me on! I love even more that no matter how much I learn and no matter how close I grow to the Lord, there will always be more room to grow and so much more to learn. Can't wait to see what He does in me this year =)