Meditation- March 20, 2009

Posted on Friday, March 20th, 2009

Scripture: While you were doing all these things, declares the Lord, I spoke to you again and again, but you did not listen; I called you, but you did not answer. Jeremiah 7:13

Prayer: Lord, this verse seems as applicable to me now as it was directed to Jeremiah 2,500 years ago. Help me to keep my attention.

Response: What further reminder do you need that my word is freshly anointed? I mean that in reading my word with an attentive heart, you become the Jeremiah, the disciple, the lonely soul in the desert repeating the words silently to oneself and the words are as immediate as when Jeremiah first received them. Clearly, he thought them worthy enough to copy them down. I am not asking you to take out pen or paper, or sit before a keyboard, but I do ask you to remember the verse and respond individually to my declaration. More importantly, I ask what are you going to do about it?

Yes, I am looking for you to move on from the state described in the verse. That’s the kind of doing I am asking for. Because in that doing, that action, you discover a becoming within yourself that you did not consider possible. Perhaps, you think I am suggesting that you limit your ease, or at least you consider it so – to perform at a multi-tasking pace. Well, I am. Take time to listen – and that means in stillness. You don’t need any interpreter for my words, or any special acoustic devices to snatch these words from the airwaves. No, I speak to each of you individually and my voice is distinct, my message is clear. Don’t ask for a summary, just take time to listen.

And do you know what? You will be surprised at how you alter your day’s activities; experience the calmness that enters what might have been a house of bedlam and I don’t mean structures but your interior; see sights that you might have missed in your frenzied activity.

All for this morning.

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