Do you feel divided, rushing, frustrated...? This morning's reading from "Prayer" by R. Foster helped me reorder my thinking, desires, and activities. I pray it helps you as well. Foster quotes Thomas Kelley's thoughts on practicing the presence of God an the integrated soul -
"Life from the Center is a life of unhurried peace and power. It is simple. It is serene. It is amazing. It is triumphant. It is radiant. It takes no time, but it occupies all our time. And it makes our life programs new and overcoming"
"There is a way of ordering our mental life on more than one level at once. On one level we may be thinking, discussing, seeing, calculating, meeting all the demands of external affairs. But deep within , behind the scenes, at a profounder level, we may also be in prayer and adoration, song and worship and a gentle receptiveness to divine breathings"
As I read these thoughts I was reminded of Jesus' Word -
Live in me. Make your home in me just as I do in you. In the same way that a branch can't bear grapes by itself but only by being joined to the vine, you can't bear fruit unless you are joined with me.
I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you are joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can't produce a thing. John 15:4-5 (The Message).
About Maya
- Maya
- is a bi-lingual - English-Spanish Christian psychotherapist in private practice in Houston, Texas. For sixteen years, Maya has been counseling individuals, couples, and families seeking answers for personal and interpersonal conflicts. Maya is committed to help her clients focus not only on behavioral modification but character growth. Maya wrote her own book-workbook “Letters from your Father God” in English and Spanish to walk clients through a practical process of mental, emotional, and spiritual maturity. Maya is originally from Ecuador, South America. She graduated from the Catholic University in Quito-Ecuador. She completed all the State of Texas requirements to obtain her license as a LCSW (Licensed clinical Social Worker). She is also a certified TRT (Trauma Resolution Therapist). Maya lives with Tom, her husband of over thirty years. They have a married daughter and two grandchildren.