Jamie123 Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 I've started two new habits. The first is to spend an hour or so every evening in the churchyard amongst the graves, reading the Bible on my smartphone. My wife asked me the last two nights if anyone (meaning dead people) came and talked to me. I told her no, but one thing that did come to me how poor my prayer life is. People say praying should be just like talking to anyone else, but do you sometimes feel like your words are just going out into the air unheard? The thought makes me weary and (strangely) a bit tongue- tied and my prayers often peter out rather pathetically. But there is another thing I have seen at my wife's "Julian" group (Lady Julian of Norwich, in case you didn't know, was a medieval mystic. "And all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well". [Yes I know T.S. Eliot wrote that, but Julian wrote it first].) They sit for half an hour or so in silence trying to empty their minds and wait for God to speak to them. So I tried it this evening for just 15 minutes. God didn't speak to me in words exactly, but I did get a kind of peace from it that I've missed for a long time. By the way, my wife is in hospital now having her surgery. I have tried contacting the hospital for news but the phone just rings and rings. I'm sure they would have contacted me a next of kin if anything had gone wrong but still... I hope I can get through tomorrow. All prayers welcome and much appreciated. Jamie Carborendum, NeuroTypical, LDSGator and 3 others 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carborendum Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 We'll be praying for you. Jamie123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSGator Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Jamie123 said: By the way, my wife is in hospital now having her surgery. I have tried contacting the hospital for news but the phone just rings and rings. I'm sure they would have contacted me a next of kin if anything had gone wrong but still... I hope I can get through tomorrow. All prayers welcome and much appreciated. Stay strong my friend. We’re all praying for you. Jamie123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted June 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2022 Thanks everyone for your prayers and kind words. She was really sick yesterday but was sitting up today. The doctors hope she will be able to come home tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes. Jamie Vort 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 (edited) Julian of Norwich comes up a lot in Terryl and Fiona Givens’s LDS-oriented books—especially The God who Weeps and All Things New. Edited June 20, 2022 by Just_A_Guy Jamie123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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