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“Be still and know that I am God.” Psalm 46:10

Writer's picture: Angie LakeAngie Lake

In 1983 after recovering from an automobile accident I went to my prayer place (my kitchen table) and sat down to resume my regular prayer time.  My normal prayer routine was to begin by praising God, by thanking Him, by reading His Word and then on to intercession, petitions, listening and writing in my journal my meditations and any Word I sensed God was speaking to me.  That particular summer day in June when I sat down I couldn’t say a word!  I tried but I felt God’s love and presence envelope me and lift up my soul to the extent that I was speechless and could not move.  After a while I felt the Lord release me and I realized I had been in that state for quite some time.  I went about my business of the day apologizing to God for not being able to pray. 


The next morning the same thing happened.  Everyday thereafter for about eight weeks the same thing happened.  I was very tearful during this time of what I considered being unable to pray.  First my eyes would weep tears because of the power and presence of God’s love enveloping me and secondly because I thought I was disappointing God by being unable to pray.  I didn’t know what to do about my lack of prayer. 


Yet I knew I knew I had to keep going to my Prayer Place each day because I experienced God’s love so deeply in my soul. In mid-August I want to a Conference and took a workshop given by Sr. Thomas Bernard Mc Connell entitled, “Speak, Lord, your Servant is Listening.”  At this workshop on prayer, Sr. Thomas Bernard began to speak about Contemplative Prayer.  Contemplative-a word I had never heard before in relationship to prayer.  As she began to describe this form of prayer I became very excited because she gave a name to what had been happening in my prayer life!  I thought, “ Wow, God. You have led me to experience your loving presence!” 





This may sound strange, but once I had a name to what was happening in my prayer life, I simply accepted and yielded as fully as I could to God’s presence.  I would sit in His presence and experience His love so deeply that I hated doing anything else.  After speaking with Father Luke Dougherty, a Spiritual Director, he gave me insightful instructions into how I could balance my life.  He helped me learn how to experience my completive prayer life and still do the necessary things every day living required.  God wants us to be still long enough in our prayer time to know His love and that He is always with us.  

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