Excerpts from Walking on Water, by Madeleine L'Engle
"I sit on my favourite rock, looking over the brook, to take time away from busy-ness, time to be. I've long since stopped feeling guilty about taking being time; it's something we all need for our spiritual health, and often we don't take enough of it.
Slow me down, Lord… When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening."
For lent, I am giving up time. I am giving up time to sleep in or extra time to primp in the mornings, and I am using it to "be still and know that He is God." How else will He be able to change me? I am praying (in Whitney's words) that through this practice of being, I will find my own slice of "Bramasole" right where I am.
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