Devotion 19

It was not too cheerful a day, weather was gloomy, and things didn’t work as expected, plus some scolding from a rude guy… But I feel much better after a shower and some quiet time. Now I feel like picking up my writing again. =)

I continue on reading the book "Ordering Your Private World", which simply speaks a lot to me. Today I came across four spiritual exercises that we sometimes neglect: the pursuit of solitude and silence; regular listening to God; the experience of reflection and meditation; and prayer as worship and intercession.

As I went into the session of “Listening to God”, it talked about journaling a lot.

“As I write, I am aware that what I am writing may actually be what God wants to tell me. I dare to presume that His Spirit is often operative in the things I am choosing to think about and record. And it becomes important to search my heart to see what conclusions He may be engendering, what matters He wishes to remind me about, what themes He hopes to stamp upon my private world.”

I feel the same way, and this also encourages me to write more as the Spirit inspires.

Most of us have learned at an early stage of our faith walk to talk to God, but we might not have been listening well. God really knows each one of us, our love languages and preferred ways of communication. All we need to do is have some silence in our noisy hearts and surrender them to Him.