Rest in God's Heart
I slept, but my heart was awake. (Song of Solomon 5:2 RSV)
Our
sleep will be peaceful when we rest in God's heart, abandoning
ourselves to his providence and ever maintaining a sweet awareness of
his mercy. When we do this, we are no longer seeking anything for
ourselves, and our entire being rests in him.
What we leave behind are
our faltering and troubled rationalizations, our desires for ourselves,
our impatience to gain a higher place. Then we find ourselves resting
in the heart of God—for God is the one who has put us there
with his own hands, and he cradles us there in his arms. Can we be in
danger where God places us—a place where we are as a little child who is
rocked and hugged by its mother? Let us let go and give him the freedom
to act. Let us rest on him and in him.
This confident, trusting
rest, which quells every movement of our limited human reasoning, comes
as we maintain true vigilance over our hearts. To place ourselves in
God’s hands without leaning on any person or any thing—this is what it
is to keep our hearts awake even as we sleep.
In
this way love will always jealously keep its eyes open; it will always
reach out to its Beloved. And when we do that we will not fall into the
deadly sleep of our souls.
Francois Fenelon Meditations on the Heart of God
Rest in this Lenten season
Blessings,
Alex
---------- Dr Alex Tang
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Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Monash University Malaysia
Consultant Paediatrician, Johor Specialist Hospital, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Director, Kairos Spiritual Formation Ministries
Director, Spiritual Formation Institute
Email: dral...@yahoo.com
Web: www.kairos2.com ; www.alextang.org
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