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Sunday, September 21, 2014

longing, sunday

Sunday, September 21

Come to Stillness: Take a few minutes to allow your mind and heart to be still before God.
         
Opening Prayer: O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more.  I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace.  I am ashamed of my lack of desire.  O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. (The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer)

Scripture Reading for the Day: Psalm 63:1-8

Reading for Reflection:
 
Passion is the torrent of desire that lives within us all.  It propels us into life and, if we choose, to God.  It is the inner craving for the rich, intimate exchanges of love— the drive to experience ourselves and our relationships deeply and fully.....The whole bundle of our longings— from sex to solitude, and from making money to studying the Bible—is a part of our passion.  All longings are a sign of God's life and call to experience God deeply. (The River Within by Jeff Imbach)

Reflection and Listening: silent and written

Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself
                                  
Closing Prayer: Teach me to seek you, for I cannot seek you unless you teach me, or find you unless you show yourself to me.  Let me seek you in my desire, and desire you in my seeking.  Let me find you by loving you, let me love you when I find you.

                                                                            ~St. Anselm

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