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Reading

“By love, God may be gotten and holden, by thought, never.”

—The Cloud of Unknowing

Commentary

The supreme, radiant Being that dwells in our own consciousness cannot be attained by any amount of reasoning, for this Being is one and indivisible, beyond all duality. But by loving Him “with all our heart, and all our soul, and all our strength,” we can come to live in Him completely. When we learn to love Her more than we love ourselves, our consciousness is unified. 

Loving the Lord means loving the innermost Self in all those around us. We need only somehow to increase our capacity to love – because we do not live in what we think; we live in what we love. (WLB)

Stillness

As your day begins, spend a few moments in silence and stillness focussing on your breathing, God alive in you.

Prayer

Open God, I pray for a greater awareness of what was given me at birth— your Spirit in me, your presence in my heart, your power to love, and the courage to hope. Amen. (CIB)

Abbreviations

BC The Belgic Confession

CAC The Center For Action & Contemplation

CD The Canons of Dort

CIB Church In Bethesda Prayers

HC The Heidelberg Catechism

NT The New Testament

OT The Old Testament

WC The Westminster Confession

WLB Eknath Easwaran’s, “Words To Live By”

WLC The Westminster Larger Catechism

WSC The Westminster Shorter Catechism