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stations:reflect

July 5, 2009

Posted in: stations:awaken, the gathering

REFLECT

Sit before mirror.  Is it awkward to stare at yourself?  How willing are we to look deep within us – to truly know ourselves?  Joan Chittester says, ‘the real material of spiritual development is not in books.  It is in the subject matter of the self.  Silence is that place just before the voice of God . . . silence is the cave through which the soul must travel, clearing out the dissonance of life as we go, so that the God who is waiting for us to notice can fill us.”

Consider these reflective questions in this moment of silence…

RULE OF LIFE is a pattern of spiritual disciplines that provides structure and direction for growth in holiness.  What is my current rule of life?

How is God moving me toward change in my daily life?

What spiritual practices aid your intimacy with God?

AWARENESS OF GOD

God, How have you been addressing me through my thoughts, feelings, work, relationships, symptoms, longings, frustrations, dreams and failures?

SENSITIVITY TO OTHERS

In what ways have I considered others above myself? What needs am I most sensitive to? Where am I most cold—most unresponsive?  Am I willing to pray for a change of heart? Who could I be ignoring around me? 

PATTERNS WITHIN THE CITY

Have you considered your regular patterns and how important they can be in connecting to God and to others?

Develop consistency in the places you go – and pray that God might help you be aware of Him and of the relationships you can build.

Consider what irregularities can you force into your life that you might see God in new places and in new people?