This quotation really just captures it all. I've never ever been so outwardly busy before (I always say that, yeah. This time it's TRUE! Yeah, I always say that too).
Inwardly, however, there is quietness... for which I am so grateful.
But I know there can be much more, because I am not spending at all enough time in prayer these days. Long way to go, Carmen...
"The quest for a contemplative life can actually be self-absorbed, focused on my quiet and me. If we love people and have the power to help, then we are going to be busy. Learning to pray doesn't offer us a less busy life; it offers us a less busy heart. In the midst of outer busyness we can develop an inner quiet. Because we are less hectic on the inside, we have a greater capacity to love...and thus to be busy, which in turn drives us even more into a life of prayer. By spending time with our Father in prayer, we integrate our lives with his, with what he is doing in us. Our lives become more coherent. They feel calmer, more ordered, even in the midst of confusion and pressure."
- Paul E. Miller, A Praying Life
[HT: Josh Harris]
1 comment:
Hmm.... something to chew on for suuuure. What a great quote. :)
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