Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
Some time back I was going through a spiritual dry spell during a time I had taken on two new clients in my business coaching and was editing a book that had almost as many errors as there were sentences in the manuscript (a slight exaggeration). In addition to this were the controversies over wearing masks or getting a vaccine and the chaos of zero-sum politics.
One morning early when I felt like I was walking around in an arid landscape kind of like Death Valley in California, I asked the Lord, “Why haven’t you spoken into my soul for the past three weeks?” I stilled my mind, waiting for His inner voice to answer my question but with little hope it would be forthcoming. And then there it was.
“I can’t speak into a full vessel.” That’s all He said.
My mind pictured a vessel filled to the brim with cloudy, lifeless water and running over the edge. Immediately I saw the dynamics of my state of being. My earthly vessel, which He had created by the way, had no room for His Living Waters, no ears for His voice.
I turned the vessel over and emptied it out. I meditated on the beatitude “Blessed are the pure in heart for they will see God.” I asked myself how I could be pure in heart. Why don’t you ask yourself the same question, and we’ll compare notes next week.