Paradigm Shift

One small thing, and everything is different

June 5

I love my times of centering prayer. I love feeling so close and connected to God. This kind of prayer is not time spent thinking about God, it is simply being with God. Some days it is hard for me to slow my thoughts down and just be, it can take me the first half of my prayer time to still my mind. Even then it is easier for me to want to talk with God or think about Him. Today as I was thinking about my prayer time earlier, God made a connection for me. I had already learned how to do this, but with a different goal in mind. When I have a migraine the pain is so bad I can’t sleep. I can’t do anything but go to bed and be still. I have trained myself to mentally go to a nothing place, to shut my thoughts down. When I have a migraine, thinking hurts, so I focus on this idea of a nothing place so my brain can rest. Thoughts may come, but I gently send them away. I always feel the presence of God, but I am not trying to connect with Him. My goal is to disconnect until the pain is gone. He showed me I can go to my nothing place with the goal of just being with Him. It is a paradigm shift. One small thing and everything is different. I gently send the thoughts away, not to disconnect from the world, but to connect with God. I tried it before I went to bed. It will take some practice to get used to this new dynamic, but I love it. I was able to slip into time with Him much easier and gentler.