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MONDAY THOUGHT 11/17/08

Clay Feet, Empty Head, Dry Soul
 
Some mornings, I wake up without a clue.  Dumber than a stump.  I pray and ponder and wonder.  Nothing.  Someone stole the batteries, punched the “Off Button,” or hooked something up backwards.  Still, my mind chatters and blathers away — whining, complaining, praying. 
 
Finally, shhhhhhhhh.  Some days silence is the best prayer.
 
My point?  Shhhhhhhhh.  Amen.  — jri
 
“Our seeking of God is not all a matter of
our finding him by means of certain ascetic
techniques.  It is rather a quieting and ordering
of our whole life by self-denial, prayer, and
good works, so that God himself, who seeks
us more than we seek him, can ‘find us’ and
‘take possession of us.’”
        –    Thomas Merton