Quotes about Contemplation

The fusion is accomplished by reading these Scriptures slowly, imaginatively, prayerfully and obediently. This is the way the Bible has been read by most Christians for most of the Christian centuries, but it is not commonly read that way today. The reading style employed more often than not.

Here's what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won't be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.

In order to pray I have to be paying more attention to God than to what people are saying to me; to God than to my clamoring ego. Usually, for that to happen there must be a deliberate withdrawal from the noise of the day, a disciplined detachment from the insatiable self.

I wish he'd show you how wisdom looks from the inside, for true wisdom is mostly 'inside.

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.

I find the whole idea of religion overwhelming and frightening and not for me.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

I try to remind myself not to go anywhere or do anything without asking for spiritual direction through prayer and meditation.

Worship is focus.

It keeps us ever mindful of life, how it streams by in an awful rush if one is not careful to stop and listen...and honestly see. (Main character Annie Zook)

Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?