Think on these things...

I recognized, recently, that I have narrowed my scope of extended thought primarily to work.  While it is, or can be, an interesting and a creative outlet, it is limited.  I have apparently done this long enough that my ability to recall and apply ideas (and vocabulary, apparently) in other areas of import have become slower, shallower,  more passive, and less imaginative.

So, to start with the most important area of life, - no, not my diet - I'm going back to review and meditate on scripture - after a manner taught me by my favorite Navigator.  Though, this time, much slower and with a greater intention of meditation and application.  It is true that, if you don't use it, you lose it.  And, if you don't apply it, your head explodes (at least figuratively) while your heart hardens.

This will be rather disruptive to my usual quiet time - even more so than sleeping in and missing it, sometimes for days at a time.  The intention for now, is to use the morning for prayer and meditation on a single verse.  This will require me to move my reading and study time to different times of the day/week to further pursue understanding and application of my meditations.  For those that I've taught a different approach, well, it's different for me too.  But hopefully one in which I more actively engage for a while - anticipating the benefits that come with pursuing God.

This process began this morning with Romans 10:17, the 'pinky finger' of the "Word Hand" illustration.  

Hear

In the New American Standard version (published by the Lockman foundation), it reads:

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

If my thoughts seem to wander, please send me an email.  Show a little grace because with thinking, like exercise, it may be a truism that you should either never stop or never start - otherwise pain surely ensues.  I will be concentrating on this verse for the rest of the week. I did say it would be much slower.  We'll see how this goes.