The other day I ran into a friend and as we were catching up they mentioned not sleeping well. Further, they said that during times of prayer and quiet, they were experiencing thoughts and feelings they didn’t want to have or that were difficult. We talked a bit longer and I shared what I find to be a common pattern among prayerful people…
When we engage prayerful, contemplatively and genuinely, seeking some Divine guidance or discernment, we are often met with the Agenda which is not our own. That is to say, we can know that whatever is coming up for us during prayer is from the Holy of Holies but because we carry our personal agenda into prayer, looking for specific direction, if we’re sincere, we don’t always get the guidance, clarity, etc., that we had planned to.
I recall a time of prayer when I was really seeking Divine Will… actions I could take that would be on the right path… one day, I finally said God “teach me to pray” and voila, I had the deep sense of Love within and around me.
My going to quiet in prayer was a good thing but my determined agenda was the problem. I was looking for marching orders that were not forthcoming because Immanuel – God with us – was drawing me into quiet to let me know how much I was and am loved.
In brief, if you’re getting a strange message in times of prayer, or seemingly no message at all, pause a moment and ask Love to show you how to pray, what to look for, what to ask for, and recall that you are Loved, deeply, eternally, and that may be the main message you need to hear from our Beloved.
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