Resting, Recharging, and Meditating on God's Love

One day at the airport while waiting for a flight, I noticed a group of individuals huddled around a post, all looking down. It looked as if they were huddled in prayer. Come to find out, they were strangers with no common connection other than the cell phone charging station to which they were all tethered. 

In our travel through life, we need to find spiritual recharging stations. Recharge and renew with prayer and meditation. Meditation, which is closely related to the root word for medicine, is healing. It affects the physiological structures of the brain. Neuroscience found that the practice of meditation offsets age-related cortical thinning and helps improve attention and sensory processing. A growing body of research suggests that meditation leads to various positive outcomes for people with depression, anxiety, stress, and various other afflictions. Being mindful of God’s unconditional love and constant outpouring of grace is calming and healing. Saint John of the Cross wrote: “In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.” Afflicted or not, we’re all in need of God’s healing. We need to get plugged in to the heart of Christ and draw from it a fresh charge of spiritual energy. Jesus said: “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).

To read more about why we need more rest, recharging, downtime, and "vacations," here's the link to the full article, "Is Rest History" in Mind & Spirit Magazine.