Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Preoccupied with God

When two rivers come together, I think it's called a "confluence." Like in Point Pleasant, West Virginia where the Kanawha and the Ohio Rivers meet. Over the last few weeks, there's been a "confluence" of ideas or thoughts in my life. I've been reading Brother Lawrence's "Practicing the Presence of God." Brother Lawrence worked for decades in the kitchen of a monastery and then wrote about his experience as he tried to think about and pray to the Lord in each and every situation. Then, I came across a quotation from A.W. Tozer who said that Christians are "called to an everlasting preoccupation with God." That thought has captured me in these days. What does it mean for me to have an "everlasting preoccupation with God"? How will that happen in my everyday situations and circumstances? How can I help that to happen throughout my day?

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