Monday, March 15, 2010

Week 7 Reflection Question #2

What have been some of my significant prayer experiences? How have they impacted me?

The use of the Principle and Foundation has been very grounding for me. I have continued to see God in all people and all things, especially in the pain, anxiety, and fear, that I create.

The notion of spiritual consolation and desolation has rung very true with me in terms of my history with bipolar disorder. I have been able to label and identify when my mind goes astray from the path of Godliness, and I more fully understand the presence of God and my own humanity. God is omnipresent and I need to merely remember to access God.

This lends itself to the 3rd question:

How has my image of.relationship with God changed/grown? In what ways?

I feel the presence of the Holy Spirit working in me and through me. i can also feel the Spirit in others. I can see/experience/feel what has always been there. I think this is the essence of discernment, a "knowing" of what has been there all along. My sister Marcia mentioned that she hopes that I experience the Holy Spirit in ways that will :blow my mind." I know that is happening in God's way and time.

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