Last October, after grueling weeks of reviews and exams, I set off for a day of rest. Before setting out, I happened to see a book that had been lying around my pile of books for years but that I just hadn't picked up and read. Esther de Waal's "Lost in Wonder" turned out to be the perfect spiritual companion for this perfect sanctuary. Talk about experiencing our God in all things. I was only looking to rest, but ended up being filled to the brim with gratitude and grace in this wonderfully silent, serene space.
"Listen to the silence,
let it enfold you,
like a piece of music,
like bird-watching."
-E. de Waal
"O God,
I commend to you this time
and ask you to bless
and to strengthen me
in my heartfelt search
for that silence and stillness
in which I pray
I shall find you
and you shall find me."
-E. de Waal
"You do not have to
Look for anything, just
Look.
You do not have to
Listen for specific
Sounds, just
Listen.
You do not have to
Accomplish anything, just
Be,
And in the
Looking, and the
Listening, and the
Being, find
Me.
Me.
-Ann Lewin
"I desire to be all silence,
all adoration,
to penetrate ever deeper and deeper into God,
and to be so filled with God
that I may in my prayer
give him to those who do not know him."
-Elizabeth of the Trinity
"My Lord and my God!"
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