In the
second place, a covenant home is a home that has theWord of God at its centre.
Now I want to speak about the importanceof family devotions. Family devotions
have fallen on hardtimes. Partly the reason is that everyone is so frantically
busy thatno one has any time for devotions. The father goes to work early.The
children stagger out of bed an hour or two later, run aboutgetting their
clothes on and books together, packed away in theirbackpacks so they can dash
off for school, perhaps grabbing apiece of toast as they make their way out of
the door. The samething was true in the evening.
I'll be honest. I'm not the best dater
in the world. But for me, it starts at awareness. That's always the beginning
of everything. Trying to be aware of everything as much as possible, what's
happening inside you, what feels honest and what feels forced, observing how
people respond and cope and why, and if that works for you and what you feel
you want, need, deserve, and learning, adjusting, and growing. But more
importantly, trusting that it will all play out so not worrying so much about
the outcome but rather making an effort to be present and sensitive to people's
feelings as well as your own. And if you fuck up, taking ownership.
Imagine having a room in your home that
heals your mind, body and soul? Wouldn’t it be amazing to have a special room
inside (or outside) of your home that’s devoted to peace, tranquility and your
emotional well-being? A room that allows you to escape the daily stresses of
life and connect with a higher power? A meditation room will give you a place
to do exactly this.
Mickey, be careful of finding confidence
in your own devotion, in you own loyalty, or in your own unwavering love of
Christ. Like Peter, placing confidence in your own devotion or faith is a
fickle thing! For Peter, it was not his great faith, but Christ’s faithfulness,
not his undying loyalty to Jesus, but Jesus’ faithful love toward Peter that
resorted and sustained him.
In the beginning as I developed my
weekly Devotional practice, I spent a good half hour at each Shrine in my home.
But as one friend and my boyfriend pointed out, the Powers That Be know what
they've done so all the accolades are not necessary. Simply be in the moment
with true intent and five minutes of devotion can be as powerful as one
hour.
The preachers at home should give
lessons on devotion, knowledge, Yoga, and work by turns; for this, the days and
hours should be fixed, and the routine hung up at the door of the class-room.
That is to say, a seeker after devotion may not present himself on the day
fixed for knowledge and feel wounded thereby; and so on. None of you are fit
for the Vâmâchâra form of practice. Therefore this should on no account be
practised at the Math. Anyone demurring to this must step out of this Order.
This form of practice must never even be mentioned in the Math.
In the beginning as I developed my
weekly Devotional practice, I spent a good half hour at each Shrine in my home.
But as one friend and my boyfriend pointed out, the Powers That Be know what
they've done so all the accolades are not necessary. Simply be in the moment
with true intent and five minutes of devotion can be as powerful as one hour.
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