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Richard's Daily Meditations

Gordano Mist 20 (Gordano Valley in Somerset on a misty winter morning) (detail), by Jusben on morguefile.com.  

 

SILENCE

At times we have to step into God’s silence and wait. We have to put out the fleece as Gideon did (Judges 6:37-40), and wait for the descent of the divine dew, or some kind of confirmation from God. That is a good way to keep our own ego drive out of the way.

There are other times when we need to go ahead and act on our own best intuitions and presume that God is guiding us–but even then we must wait for the divine backup. Sometimes that is even the greater act of faith and courage.

When either waiting or moving forward is done out of a spirit of union and surrender, we can trust that God will make good out of it—even if we are mistaken! It is not about being correct; it is about being connected.

~ Richard Rohr

Prayer:
Listen to the stillness, the language of God.