Today's passage is a favorite of mine because it tells of hearing God's voice and being confused (something that happens to me from time to time). The boy, Samuel, is confused when God calls out his name, thinking it was Eli. Finally Eli helps him understand how to listen to God.
How to listen to God...
It's a powerful thought because it implies that when we talk to God through prayer, sometimes he talks back! What could the Creator of our universe possibly have to tell us individually? We have to learn to listen to find out.
OK, so I tried the prayer exercise... 5 minutes of meditation while repeatedly whispering "Speak LORD, for your servant is listening". While doing that I let my thoughts share with God an area of my life I would like to change. Interestingly, while I did that, I noticed some new thoughts enter my brain. They shifted to discussions I had with Dean and Brother Adam (from my monastery vacation) about how I need to fully involve other key people as I go about my discernment, and how I need to contemplate change in my life with a spirit of stability.
Was that subtle change in thinking a form of God speaking to me?
I think it might have been...
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