Just a thought by coppi

Just a thought by coppi

C.S. Lewis wrote in The Weight of Glory, “We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.” 

“My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, Lord, I am coming.”

Psalms 27:8 NLT

You can know that you need solitude for one reason—Jesus needed it. All over the New Testament we see examples of Jesus going off on his own to pray. One example, Mark 1:35, tells us that Jesus, “rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark . . . departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.  Greg Denison First 15 2/10/18

15 2/10/18

Richard J. Foster said, “Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.

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Being still is something that alludes me.  My engine starts churning early in the morning with “you gotta  – you gotta” and out comes my list of “you gottas”. Then I think ‘you didn’t take time to be still, read, pray, and listen’.  I stop.  Put my list away and start my daily devotions.  My list is put away, but my mind will not let me forget my list of what I have to do that day.  I pray “Lord, how can I stop this habit and be with you the time needed.  I know my day is much better when I do”.  Now, what I try to do is arise very early in the morning before the day starts.  I take my reading materials and prayer list and find a quit spot to be still and alone with Jesus.  I need that time.  It’s important to me.  If Jesus needed to be alone with God, I certainly need to be alone with Him. (Ps 46:10)

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