Wingbeats

Not a single beat of his wings 

goes unnoticed by the Lord.

If it is necessary for you to change the way you live so that you are in solitude and silence, He will surely let you know. There are many ways to know; a way for each person on earth, so that there is great scope and variety, in accordance with the idea that there is never another you. You're it.

I found the thought of Nw Camaldoli intriguing and attractive, but it was not what God wanted, so that I do not live there today, and am not a member of that august community.

One should not be concerned with being unique. Each person is unrepeatable. So that having left behind the issue ot being unique is instantly resolved and you can get on to other more pressing things.

Do not worry about need. Each of us was born completely helpless and entirely dependant on other human beings for survival. Jesus told us in Scripture that we should not worry, that each day is sufficient to itself. Some, at this point, would wonder what's next, but that moment is taken care of by His Will.

So there are few things of concern still needful; prayer, dealing with solitude, responding to silence and solitude. These are full of enough urgency all by themselves. Haiving come and responded to the notion of joining a community or finding a place where one can truly be alone and live in silence, the moment is at hand when the stream of our prayers begins and we strive to keep it flowing, meaningfully and intensely. A person who thinks he can just plop down any old way in any old desert without preparation is nuts. He will discover that soon enough, if he is not prepared.

Eternity does not end, hence the necessity to be earnest in what one does in the presence of God. There is space enough in our time to respond to God, because He has built each day and moment until we are trained and ready for eternity. If we are sincerey, we will be prepared for eternity, and that care is wiped from  our consciousness. What remains is to be responsive to God, letting the stream of our prayers be as natural as our next breath.

There are enough people in need or in troubles of all sorts so that they are in jeopardy of losing their eternity because they are unaware of eternity or what it means. The world will try to take away our meaning so that our heading and our helm in life are unattended, not a good way to run a ship.

God will never cease calling us and longing for our presence, and if we love Him, we will be full of longing for Him. Let it not be hollow, empty, meaningless. How prescious the longing is that ties us to Himself. He will not let us fall from the cross to which He has fastened us, nor should we fear what the next moment brings, because we are attached to Him the way He is attached to the cross. Our hearts are attached to the Lord, so how do we become detached? by letting anything else occupy the space in our time and our awareness fostered by the Lord and trusting in Him. He cannot foul up the moment of our transition from our here and now that way the world can, and it abhors a steady man who trusts in God, and is dismayed that anything worldly might slip into oblivion as we meld into the Lord. Yet, do not be concerned. He knows our needs and the needs of those we pray for, and will bless us quietly for our prayers. If we love others more than ourselves, we cannot be lost because it always fulfills each need and leaves us satisfied and fulfilled as we will be in eternity.

We need noy be concerned for fancy clothes, rich foods or honors and recognitions, for there is nothing so valuable that we should forsake what God has forged, for somthing else. Do not forsake His Heart for any other, or any other person.

You need not worry about rules and regulations. The worldly are always fussing and quibbling over rules and regulations, but their concern is a waste of time better dedicated to the love of God. Do you think He knows if we love Him? Do you think He cannot draw us closer to Himself? Give time into His hands and He will see to it we satisfy His Heart.