"To pray the Scriptures means to allow the words of the sacred text to form our prayer, either directly or indirectly.”Unknown
Engaging Scripture on a heart level is transformative. When I approach the text as if God wrote it directly to me, certain words or phrases seem to be illuminated. I pay attention to those words and sit with them. They then become my prayer, as I give myself over to whatever God wants to work in my life through them.
May your reading of the Scriptures become more than an information gathering exercise …may it be an encounter with the Sacred.
Grace and peace,
Deb
2 comments:
I need to remember to do this more often. So often, reading the Bible for the day feels like just one more thing on my to do list.
But your post inspired me to go back to this morning's psalms. One verse jumped out at me as I read, and I want to remind myself what it is. So I just looked it up. The verse that spoke to me was, "So teach us to number our days that we may apply ourselves to wisdom."
Thanks for inspiring me to go back for that.
This is why I love lectio divina.
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