Good morning…
“Our minds are always active,” said Henri Nouwen’s 1.14.16 morning meditation. “We analyze, reflect, daydream, or dream. There is not a moment during the day or night when we are not thinking. You might say our thinking is ‘unceasing.’ Sometimes we wish that we could stop thinking for a while; that would save us from many worries, guilt feelings, and fears. Our ability to think is our greatest gift, but it is also the source of our greatest pain. Do we have to become victims of our unceasing thoughts? No, we can convert our unceasing thinking into unceasing prayer by making our inner monologue into a continuing dialogue with our God, who is the source of all love. Let’s break out of our isolation and realize that Someone who dwells in the center of our beings wants to listen with love to all that occupies and preoccupies our minds.”
As the Henri Nouwen Society recycled the same annual 1.14 message yesterday, I was reminded again to notice how my unceasing thinking is gradually growing into unceasing prayer. I was encouraged to recognize how my incessant, inner monologue is being transformed into an ongoing, daily dialogue with our living LORD. My walls of isolation have been breaking down as the listening Someone who dwells in the center of our being occupies more and more space within me. This year, I have sought to stay securely attached to the Source of all love, and our life-giving connection continues to awaken more of me.
Each day Jesus invites us, “Remain in me, as I also remain in you,” (John 15:4a, NIV).
…Sue…
