Here is a recent question posed on the Society of St. John the Evangelist (www.ssje.org) Lenten series entitled Meeting Jesus in the Gospel of John.
What in my life needs help? Where can I not go it alone? Where do I need God’s help and love and provision in order to take the next step?”
My response: “I know some of the areas in my life where I need God's love and help because they are the ones I don't want to admit to anyone. But when I take the time with God, I seem to be able to disclose them to Him. Evening is a good time for me to talk with God and ask for God’s help. I sit and knit and we chat.”
I want to go emphasize the comfort I feel during this sitting and knitting time, usually, but not always, at the end of the day before I go to bed. I think of it as my version of the Ignatian Examen, confession, or therapy. I go through the day, the good, bad and indifferent, starting with gratitudes. I discuss problems, pending decisions and sometimes just tell my story. The listeners are God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit, whoever seems to appear.
What in my life needs help? Where can I not go it alone? Where do I need God’s help and love and provision in order to take the next step?”
My response: “I know some of the areas in my life where I need God's love and help because they are the ones I don't want to admit to anyone. But when I take the time with God, I seem to be able to disclose them to Him. Evening is a good time for me to talk with God and ask for God’s help. I sit and knit and we chat.”
I want to go emphasize the comfort I feel during this sitting and knitting time, usually, but not always, at the end of the day before I go to bed. I think of it as my version of the Ignatian Examen, confession, or therapy. I go through the day, the good, bad and indifferent, starting with gratitudes. I discuss problems, pending decisions and sometimes just tell my story. The listeners are God, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit, whoever seems to appear.
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