Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Nouwen Meditation: “Waste” Your Time with God

Now & Then Podcast

In this week's episode of "Henri Nouwen, Now & Then", award-winning author Ken Shigematsu shares his "Survival Guide for the Soul", giving us insight on how to flourish spiritually in a world that pressures us to achieve.

DAILY MEDITATION | May 4, 2021
“Waste” Your Time with God
John Eudes talked about that moment, that point, that lies before comparison, before the beginning of the vicious cycle or the self-fulfilling prophecy. That is the moment, point, or place where meditation can enter in. It is the moment to stop reading, speaking, socializing, and to “waste” your time in meditation. When you find your mind competing again, you might plan an “empty time” of meditation, in this way interrupting the vicious circle of your ruminations and entering into the depth of your own soul. There you can be with him who was before you came, who loved you before you could love, and has given you your own self before any comparison was possible. In meditation we can come to the affirmation that we are not created by other people but by God, that we are not judged by how we compare with others but by how we fulfill the will of God.
"Let him sit alone in silence... there may yet be hope."

LAMENTATIONS 3:28 & 29 (NIV)
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