Last night was the first meeting of the Week of Accompanied Prayer (WOP). There was a time of prayer and meditation and the reading John 1; vv 35-39. This reading spoke volumes to me. It spoke of reclothing or renewal, I felt that I was being told to be still, and that in the stillness I would know that You are my God. During my half hour with you today the reading spoke of the wonder I felt at being asked to come. Me an individual with sin and regrets is still welcome at your table. It spoke of trust as by being obedient it would open me to more attack, but the trust and faith in you would give me the strength to fight whatever is laid against me. Vanessa thought that Luke 1; vv 35 & 39 would be appropriate as well as Zephaniah 3; v 17, each speaks of obedience to the lord. I felt overwhelmed with the feeling that Jesus asks us What we want when I feel it should be the other way round.
Being obedient to the word Come is dangerous, it can bring Joy and great sadness but I felt that God was saying I will not put anything on you that you will not cope with or learn from!!
My afternoon session ended up with Pauline as Harold was ill today, but Pauline was quick to pick up on the dichotomy of the command to ‘Be Still’ and the fact that I was talking about running in the cycle of grace. I felt like I was having a verbal explosion all over Pauline, she felt that I need to explore that trust issue, suggesting I look at Peter walking on the water (Matt 14; vv 22-32) and meditate on these issues. After glimpsing at the passage it immediately seemed to speak to me again. I hope that this week continues in this way as I will really get a lot from this week which may enable me to keep the ‘connection’ open with you, my God & King!
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