Eckhart: take Him along

Monday, August 10, 2015
    Feast of Lawrence, Deacon at Rome, Martyr, 258
Meditation:
    [Paul in Athens:] “God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’”
    —Acts 17:27-28 (NIV)
Quotation:
    One ought to keep hold of God in everything and accustom his mind to retain God always among his feelings, thoughts, and loves. Take care how you think of God. As you think of him in church or closet, think of him everywhere. Take him with you among the crowd and turmoil of the alien world.
    ... Meister Eckhart (1260?-1327?), quoted from Talks of Instruction, in A Journey Through Christian Theology, William P. Anderson, ed., Fortress Press, 2000, p. 86 (see the book)
    See also Acts 17:27-28; Gen. 16:13; Ps. 139:3-10; Isa. 57:15; Jer. 23:23-24; Matt. 28:19-20; John 14:23; 1 Cor. 12:6; Eph. 1:22-23; Rev. 3:20
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, may You be always in my mind. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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