Saturday, Fourth Week of Lent
SATURDAY, FOUrTH WEEK OF LENT
Presence in
Prayer
O let the
evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish righteous, you who test the
minds and hearts, O righteous God. Psalm 7:9
God is
beyond, beyond our heart and mind, beyond our feelings and thoughts, beyond our
expectations and desires, and beyond all the events and experiences that make
up our life. Still, he is in the center of all of it. Here we would touch the
heart of prayer since here it becomes manifest that in prayer the distinction
between God’s presence is never separated from his absence and God’s absence is
never separated from his presence. His presence is so much beyond the human
experience of being together that quite easily is perceived as absence. His
absence, on the other hand is often so deeply felt that it leads to a new sense
of his presence.
Lord, I
believe you are never absent – help my unbelief!
Henri J. M. Nouwen
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