Winning Words 9/14/09
“God’s first language is silence. Everything else is a translation.” (Thomas Keating) We are often frustrated when our prayers seem to be met with silence. Maybe in those times we need to look around to see and hear if God is speaking in a different translation. Of course silence can be an answer, too. Have you ever answered in that way? ;-) Jack

FROM LK IN OHIO: Not enough, ha! FROM JACK: My laugh for the day.

FROM SG IN TAMPA: Thy will be done. That is my way of accepting God's will. FROM JACK: A followup are the words of Jesus from the cross. "My God, my God, why?.....Nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done." Christians believe that part of the role of the humanity of Jesus, is to give us an example of desirable human behavior.

FROM OUTHOUSE JUDY: Yes. Silence is an answer to prayer. God always listens but do we?

FROM MOLINER CF:

FROM CWR IN B'MORE: ......excellent.

FROM SH IN MICHIGAN: I've been praying "centering prayer" or "prayer of quiet". The practice advises repeating a "mantra". My own little technique is repeating "silence" and knowing that the reason I use the word silence is that at the same time I'm actually trying for once to be silent and let God's Voice into my consciousness. The only intention I want, the most concise word I could think of, it was interesting to read this morning that Thomas Keating thinks God's first language is silence. That must be my Dad all right.