"Wearily I open my prayer book,
Sepia photograph of sage on amber page,
Flaming raven Sanskrit, strange syllables,
Intone, chant, repeat.
Number vows with beads:
Every resolution is inspiration petrified."
I"m actually emerging from a period of disengagement just now. Sometimes I don't pray actively; I just ask God to hold me in His presence, to open me to Him. A friend has written a book that seems useful in this practice. I try to think of it as making myself available to God, just as I am. I remind myself: I don't always have to be doing something, I don't always have to be saying something. Sometimes, I just have to be.
Sepia photograph of sage on amber page,
Flaming raven Sanskrit, strange syllables,
Intone, chant, repeat.
Number vows with beads:
Every resolution is inspiration petrified."
I"m actually emerging from a period of disengagement just now. Sometimes I don't pray actively; I just ask God to hold me in His presence, to open me to Him. A friend has written a book that seems useful in this practice. I try to think of it as making myself available to God, just as I am. I remind myself: I don't always have to be doing something, I don't always have to be saying something. Sometimes, I just have to be.
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