By: Scripture Zealot

Scripture Zealot — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:23:34 +0000

I think you said it better than I did. Thanks for the comment.
Jeff

By: brenda

brenda — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:38:08 +0000

i’ve also struggled with the regular “quiet time” thing. in evangelical circles, it was always encouraged to start your day off with a good quiet time – and sometimes i did that. for awhile, i went through a ‘read the bible in 2 years’ that i read while eating my morning cereal. another time it was going to a morning prayer meeting or morning prayers. but often it’s a bit more of a roll over in bed for 15 minutes and give thanks to God that it’s morning – or bringing the difficulties of the day before him. other times it’s a conversation with him while biking to (or from) work. other times it’s a quick song played on the piano (or sung).and then for awhile i recognized that the time i really needed to connect with God was in the afternoon, after coming home from studying or working – and just being a bit tired and grouchy with the day – that then was the time to quietly relax with God, to pray, read the Bible (or a spiritual living sort of book), or even nap. and that was good.but in all of the different ways i’ve tried (and i seem to have to change every couple of years), i’ve discovered that there’s no perfect pattern to follow. and that everybody’s life is different. spending time with God has a different flavour when you have a lot more flexibility with your time. and when you have fewer people demanding your time. but like you seem to say, finding different ways to meet God at different times of the day is important - i can’t imagine not having that joy or strength – and the more ways i know, the more ways i can find to turn myself towards Him (hopefully – assuming it doesn’t become one more thing i have to do – or a goal in itself).thanks for your words!

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