I’ve been spending more time in meditation, which has been very easy to do in quarantine. I haven’t had to wake up early, and so I can spend as much time as I want on my sheepskin rug, without having to go into my sleep schedule. While the real challenge will come when it’s time to go back to work, I am still reaping unexpected fruits, and one of those is having so much more confidence in God and my relationship with His Son.
Some people in my prayer circles might know that I’ve never felt very confident to meditate. I doubted my ability to discern the spirits, and to know which messages were valid, and more so, safe. But my attitude began to shift when I started regularly listening to Dr. Charles Stanley, who has for me been a massive gift from God, because he feels like a grandfather figure to me. I truly understood that he has dedicated his life to prayer and meditation, and I decided to relax my ego enough to give it a real try. The results were amazing, and surprisingly quick.
Now I have the experience to tell others of the benefits of meditation and in trusting God. What I now know from my brief time in sincere meditation is that God really does know me well. He knows my health concerns, my financial struggles, my relationship tensions, and all of my talents and all of my setbacks as well. When I think that God can't possibly know me, I remember that He became flesh, out of love for me, for all humans, in order to experience directly Himself every last thing that I go through.
It took me a long time to actually commit to meditation, to the point it surprised some people. But I knew I was on a path that would one day lead to the kingdom of God, and this pandemic, in yet another way, reconciled me in a profound way to God and His Son. But I also needed a guide, as I believe we all do, and that is also a reason why I was able to stay so focussed during quarantine, despite so much free time to get lost down rabbit holes. The call that I have been hearing to be an encourager has been answered during this pandemic.
I know firsthand how difficult it is to find consistent and suitable teachers, I have had my heart break several times over from following false teachers, and so I fully understand the fear and apprehension in truly following a spiritual discipline. After finding Dr. Charles Stanely last August on AM radio during a very challenging season in my life, I have better direction to help guide others, whoever their own mentors might end up being.
Something that I realized during the pandemic is that there is so much information, which oftentimes contradicts. I was blessed because I have years worth of research and contacts to fall back on, but a lot of people were blindsided by the lockdown from this virus, and had no one. I understand, it takes a lot of work to find a groove in Christianity, which is why I am so confident that I can be of service, if someone asks.
For those who are not yet ready to believe, my advice is simple: find something that makes you feel safe, and stick with that. Don't be distracted. Distractions are weapons of the enemy, used to weaken us so that when hardship hits, we don't have enough strength to withstand it with grace.
God has carried me through this pandemic, and it's not because I am favoured, but because my confidence comes through faith, which has been put to the test, and which keeps on passing through. God is a way maker, He will always find a way for us, if we take a moment to go to Him with our concerns.
Some people in my prayer circles might know that I’ve never felt very confident to meditate. I doubted my ability to discern the spirits, and to know which messages were valid, and more so, safe. But my attitude began to shift when I started regularly listening to Dr. Charles Stanley, who has for me been a massive gift from God, because he feels like a grandfather figure to me. I truly understood that he has dedicated his life to prayer and meditation, and I decided to relax my ego enough to give it a real try. The results were amazing, and surprisingly quick.
Now I have the experience to tell others of the benefits of meditation and in trusting God. What I now know from my brief time in sincere meditation is that God really does know me well. He knows my health concerns, my financial struggles, my relationship tensions, and all of my talents and all of my setbacks as well. When I think that God can't possibly know me, I remember that He became flesh, out of love for me, for all humans, in order to experience directly Himself every last thing that I go through.
It took me a long time to actually commit to meditation, to the point it surprised some people. But I knew I was on a path that would one day lead to the kingdom of God, and this pandemic, in yet another way, reconciled me in a profound way to God and His Son. But I also needed a guide, as I believe we all do, and that is also a reason why I was able to stay so focussed during quarantine, despite so much free time to get lost down rabbit holes. The call that I have been hearing to be an encourager has been answered during this pandemic.
I know firsthand how difficult it is to find consistent and suitable teachers, I have had my heart break several times over from following false teachers, and so I fully understand the fear and apprehension in truly following a spiritual discipline. After finding Dr. Charles Stanely last August on AM radio during a very challenging season in my life, I have better direction to help guide others, whoever their own mentors might end up being.
Something that I realized during the pandemic is that there is so much information, which oftentimes contradicts. I was blessed because I have years worth of research and contacts to fall back on, but a lot of people were blindsided by the lockdown from this virus, and had no one. I understand, it takes a lot of work to find a groove in Christianity, which is why I am so confident that I can be of service, if someone asks.
For those who are not yet ready to believe, my advice is simple: find something that makes you feel safe, and stick with that. Don't be distracted. Distractions are weapons of the enemy, used to weaken us so that when hardship hits, we don't have enough strength to withstand it with grace.
God has carried me through this pandemic, and it's not because I am favoured, but because my confidence comes through faith, which has been put to the test, and which keeps on passing through. God is a way maker, He will always find a way for us, if we take a moment to go to Him with our concerns.
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