Avoiding again..

I've been avoiding the call to the quiet again recently. I've been listening to too much Dream Theater, after seeing them in concert. Great band. In moderation, their lyrics are fine. They are about the human journey: fears, hopes, spiritual beliefs, struggle, etc. In excess they draw me away from Christ. Pray that I can be drawn deeper to find Christ in the silence and solitude. I did have a short but refreshing time of meditating on the Lord's Prayer this morning.

Dallas Willard is right!! Finding new words really helps make the Lord's Prayer alive for you. The Eastern Orthodox ending is "Thine is the Kingdom of the Father, and the Son, and the most Holy and Life-Giving Spirt, Amen."