I am on a new part of my spiritual journey. I have joined myself to a
wonderful man who is teaching me the beauty and power of meditation through
various forms of prayer and reflection. St. Paul encouraged meditation in this
text:
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces
contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with
ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit” (2
Corinthians 3:17-18).
It has been said
that we become what we look at. The object of our visual attention captures us
and begins to change us. The follower of Jesus is encouraged to look and
meditate on the the beauty of the Lord. Some theologians call this gazing at
the beatific vision. The power of this vision is its ability to change us, to
transform us. We cannot gaze at the beauty of God’s love, mercy and grace
without being changed.
If its true that
we become what we eat; it is also true that we become what we look at. What are
you and I looking at?
Ronald Friesen ©
2015
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