One minute I’m writing about this great weekend Seth encountered and the very next day all I hear from him is ‘I’m bored’. Granted, I remember being ‘bored’ often when I was 9 and 10 years old but that’s the thing, I had to deal with it. And that’s what I told him, ‘Deal with it. Ride your bike, play with the dozens of toys you begged to have or invite a friend over. There is no reason you should be bored.”
Then it dawned on me. I’m bored too. I have all of these opportunities that surround me that at one time brought excitement and fun to my life but somewhere along the way they lost their luster and have become a part of the background in my daily existence. I need to take my own advice and take a look around at what I have sitting before me and look with new eyes.
The same goes with my prayer life. Sometimes we can get accustomed to the daily prayers we’ve incorporated that they become monotonous without our intention. At Mass last night I had this vision of sitting in meditation (which is something I rarely do because my mind tends to wonder) and sitting in front of me was Jesus. I envisioned me with my in a chair with my back flat against the back of the chair, feet flat on the ground and my hands palms down on my legs. Jesus was sitting in front of me, knee to knee and I could see directly into his eyes. His eyes…my eyes. I realized he looked familiar and I know that not just for me but for any one of us that would sit and do this, to meditate in order to rest our eyes upon Him we’d see that we favor Him.
God was telling me in that short ‘vision’ that I needed to spend more time meditating, looking into the eyes of Jesus. There is nothing boring about that. 😉
Blessings
Shannon