This book comes at a good time for me. I have been feeling a little disconnected from God and have been looking for ways to reconnect. It’s not that I don’t feel God’s presence or have a daily awareness of God. Short little prayers of thanks, prayers of forgiveness and prayers of petition pepper my day. I just can’t say I have any quality time with God. There are even times when I take communion I find myself going through the motions. I want more. Why is it I can be disciplined in other areas of my life but this area seems to be the most difficult?
An Hour of Power? An entire hour? Why does that seem so long and hard to do? An hour squeezed into my day seems difficult but an hour squeezed into a week, a month, a year or perhaps eternity seems small and insignificant. If it were a priority it would come easy wouldn’t it. I want to “encounter the living Christ” in my daily life. I want to walk humbly with God.
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I think the yearning for a quality time with God is what motivates me to really work at having the Hour of Power. It is awesome...a bit of scripture reading, a bit of reflection on what I read, prayers said but mostly just sitting in the presence of the Lord and saying "Here I am Lord, do with me what you will." Sometimes it is a really blessed time and sometimes it is just knowing I made the effort. I gave God the time. I try to have my hour of prayer and adoration after morning Mass but I know people that take a 15 minute lunch and 30 minute "chapel time". Once you learn to make the time you don't want to miss it. Tom and I have a scheduled hour from 1 am to 2 a.m one morning of the week at a 24 hour chapel. It is awesome. God was tugging me to do it long before I made it a priority. Now I wonder why it took me almost 50 years to make it a priority.
I know what you are saying about it being, well seeming, like it is hard to find the time to spend with God each day but I think I for one have to make sure I make the time. I like you want to draw closer to the Lord and Walk humbly with Him
I made a commitment to do 1 hour a week and would do more if I didn't have to fight my husband for this time. He is just coming around to letting more religion in his life and I don't want to push it. I seem to get a lot out of the one hour I do get. I try to read the Bible at home every day, but find it extremely difficult at times. All we can do is keep our eyes and hearts focused on the Lord. I will keep you in my prayers.
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