Meditating the 23rd Psalm

Do not criticize yourself, condemn or think bad of yourself merely because your meditation did not go the way you thought it would.  Don’t force yourself into a straitjacket.  Let your meditation be what it is, let it unfold and enjoy the adventure.

Meditation moves you beyond mere information and includes your heart, your emotions.  Meditation helps bring emotions off the page, out of the ink, and into your heart.

Meditation brings a large picture into your focus.  That is why you can meditation on text, song, or poem over and over and get new insights each time.

Meditation opens into green pastures.  Some have not been grazed in a long time.  The grass is tall, rich, and you grow strong.

Meditation is more than a relaxation method.  It has energy to carry you forward. 

Sometimes, you have one of those moments of awakening, or of new understanding; one of those amazing moments when you instantly grasp an entire new view and your life changes for the better—forever. 

When we climb high enough up the mountain, through meditation, we begin to see, that His glory and pleasure is our glory and pleasure.  The journey does not work against us, but for us.  We realize later that our sacrifices were gifts we gave ourselves. 

Meditation will not make fears go away, but it points you toward the courage to develop a fearless perspective.  It is sort of like dying before you die and discovering that there is no death—nothing to fear.

I personally like to think that God is behind the curtain, busy with many things, and that meditation is a peek behind the curtain.  I see that He is in control even though, from this side of the curtain, it does not always look like it.

Physical food and material things are good but there is a “food” beyond these.  Through this other “food” you find strength to travel further and live deeper than many people think possible.

No matter where you stand, most people on the planet think that you are making the wrong choices.   But, if they don’t pay your bills, then don’t pay them attention.

We don’t always understand what the Shepherd is doing, and we might even whine and cry at times, and that is ok, we still have confidence that he is doing it right.  

Life has many surprises and that ok, it works out in the end.  It’s ok to shed tears and still have confidence that when you step out of your physical body, you will see that it was all ok.

Do not get locked not one style.  Remain flexible.  Pursue the style you enjoy.  If you are growing, then you have a good practice.

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