I have been thinking about the "less is more" concept I wrote about in early October. At that time I was just trying to slow down my overstretched and busy lifestyle. I am not sure that I have managed to acheive that, but there are certain things that I feel that I have achieved.
One of them is to slow down the amount of "God content" I try to take on board. I have been studying academically for longer than I care to remember. I feel that this has drastically affected the way I interacted with God. It was as if He had become just another subject to learn something about, another box to be ticked for the day. Where is the relationship in that?
I feel many of us withdraw into a box ticking mentality rather than seeking true relationship.
One thing I have discovered is that when I read books, devotionals or articles of a spiritual nature, I usually read them over a week or month. However if I stretch this to reading them for a month or many months, I get better results. It is a type of soaking process that means I read and reread passages over and over again. I have found that it is not just interaction with the text as before but with the heart of the Father. It means that not only is my mind changed but my heart, and my soul too. Deeper not Broader!
This has meant that as I soak and chat with my Father I am changed from the inside out....permanently; not just till the next new thing comes along.
Give it a try - slow down and listen!
What have you got to lose?
"I took the road less travelled and it made all the difference" : Robert Frost.
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