dailydatewithgod

In the invitation of life to participate fully in our everyday experience lies a hidden opportunity to go rambling.  We do it a lot in our minds.  Sometimes it comes out in our speech, our writing, or our walking.  All forms of rambling reveal our predilections and curiosities.  A way to get insight into the workings of ourselves is to allow some rambling.  This is often what happens when someone attempts to meditate or just get still and quiet.  They notice, perhaps for the first time, the loops that are rambling along in their mind called thoughts.  There is a never-ending stream of them and as indicated in the description of rambling, they are not in any particular order. Many will be deterred by these revelations and not want to attempt meditation again under the guise they are doing something wrong.  After years of meditating myself, I am aware that the rambling is part of the process.  The distinction is I can observe it without buying into it.  At least during my date time with God.  In my everyday life I can get attached to the rambling and run with it before pausing if I am not paying attention.  After a while one can observe that the rambling which seems to be purposeless and nonsensical, can reveal the concerns of our minds or even our hearts.  Those are the things we can bring to God. What if anything will you have me do with this rambling?  Is it trying to tell me something?  How does my heart interpret the rambling?  If we do not allow it to occur without judgment, we will never get past the seemingly incoherent nature of it to the message it is attempting to share.