Spiritual Jigsaw Puzzle

As part of my Advent devotions I have been using material sent by The Merton Institute for Contemplative Living

www.mertoninstitute.org. They concluded their daily meditation for yesterday  with “Throughout this day, pause, take a breath, and listen with your heart. Name your scattered pieces and intentionally create a jigsaw puzzle of your spirit.”

As it happened I just saw the “Gods Must Be Crazy” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy  again and it struck me how scattered our “civilized” lives are and  how unified the lives of “uncivilized” people are.

It reminded me of a sermon I heard by Martin Luther King Sr. a number of years ago when he said ..”most people live in a one story house…they never go upstairs to visit the Lord…he said we need to “go up to the second floor more often.”

As we wrap-up 2011..go upstairs and create a unified whole of your spiritual  jigsaw puzzle which the Lord has laid out before you, and is waiting for you to complete.

Blessings for the New Year!

Joe Landis

Executive Director

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