You, oh Lord, abide for ever
and will not for ever be angry with us,
for You have taken pity on us
who are earth and ashes;
and so it was pleasing in Your sight
to give new form to my deformity.
You goaded me within
to make me chafe impatiently
until You should grow clear to my spiritual sight.
At the unseen touch of Your medicine
my swelling subsided,
while under the stinging eye-salve of curative pain
the fretful darkened vision of my spirit
began to improve day by day.
St. Augustine of Hippo
Prayer and Meditation is a form of conscious contact with God in which an attempt is made
to communicate our needs to God, and reflect upon the will of God. The meaning
of meditation is derived from the Latin word meditari (to concentrate).
Meditation is the process of deliberately focusing on specific thoughts (e.g.
the will of God, a beautiful experience, a spiritual desire, or relief from
specific mental or spiritual pain, etc.) and thinking on their meaning in the context of God's
Love, and our perspective of that love. This type of meditation is intended to stimulate thought and
receive a deeper understanding of God. It is for cultivating the personal relationship
with God.
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Dear Lord, I am powerless over my addictions dysfunctions. Grant me today, the ability to turn my troubles, my will and my life over to your loving care. I trust in you to completely restore my brokenness into wholeness, insanity to saneness willfulness into willingness and fear into courage. Lighten my load and free me from all bondage that I may walk through this day in freedom and in peace.
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