Psalm 5:3

Psalm 5:3 Every morning you'll hear me at it again. Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on your altar and watch for fire to descend. (The Message)

This made me think about going to Lectio on Tuesdays starting at 6:45 in the morning. On some mornings the sky is pitch black, but this past Tuesday, pink and grey stripes were dispersed through out the sky. Several of the women were noticing how beautiful the colors were and how it made them feel.

In Lectio, we take a Scripture and over the period of an hour, read it out loud four separate times with shared responses and personal thoughts dispersed through out (only if you are comfortable) and it ends in prayer for one another.

Driving to Lectio is a time for me to see the quiet darkness of morning or the sun starting to rise or the snow falling and covering the road or the colored clouds taking their place in the sky.

It's a time when I can, as the Scripture says, 'lay out the pieces of my life on God's altar.' During that time in the car, I can talk to God like he is sitting beside me listening intently to what I have to say. And when I get to Lectio, I am ready. Sometimes with emotional and somber feelings of inner angst, but even with that, I need to be with that group of strong women who share a love for God and who want to learn His Word so to apply it daily to their lives. It's a time for us to come together, a time to praise God for what he has done, is doing and will do.

Nancy