Ways I Pray

Experiencing my relationship w/ God through prayer.
All the "ways" I pray:

• carrying a consciousness of God's Presence constantly in my heart
• passing conversations w/ God in my head/ heart
• praying Scripture (esp Psalms)
• studying Scripture and asking the Holy Spirit for understanding
• making music
• praising God for my day (and everything and everyone in it) throughout the day
• liturgically (in Mass, w/ Christ's Body)
• communing w/ the Eucharist
• tending to others w/ the consciousness that they are Christ in my world
• crying out to God w/ any troubles or challenges or hurts I feel
• simply "sitting w/" God
• conversations w/ God as I read anything
• meditating
• contemplating
• dreaming
• sometimes even just through movement (I like to turn my stretches into prayer)
• thinking about God's working in my life and in others' lives

I engage in many kinds of prayer!
I wonder how many others ways I might open my living to praying?

Looking at the How of my life

This is basically about how I respond to my context.

How do I nurture my relationships?
Are there relationships I have neglected?  And would I like to change that?

How do I use all that I've learned?
How do I use my gifts and skills?
Have I neglected any of these gifts?
How can I exercise better stewardship?

How do I care for things I have?
Are there things I should let go of?

How do I make use of all my experiences? (especially those which have "broadened my horizons" even if I'm not "there" now)

How do I use my time?

Are there attitudes I want to change?
Are there dreams I want to nurture?

When I look at the ways God has led me in the past, how would I map His plan for my life?  And am I cooperating w/ His plans for me today?

In what ways has God invited me to share His Love and Light in the world?

What are my priorities?  Are they congruent w/ Christ's?

Jesu juva!!!
Solo Dei gloria!

Reference: Silf, Inner Compass, Chapter 2 "Where Am I? How Am I? Who Am I?"

Here and Now

Considering WHERE I Am:  I often think about my context (which in my mind includes EVERYwhere I've ever been, everyone I've known, all I've learned and done, etc.  I.e. the totality of my life).  But for this exercise I want to look at simply my current (daily or weekly) context.  I.e. where i AM.  :)

Planet
Continent
Nation
State
County
Town
Neighborhood
Family
Household

Home
Studio
Church

Family
Friends
Acquaintances
Strangers

Genetic makeup
Current health status
Gifts
Strengths
Weaknesses
Tendencies
Preferences

Choices that have brought me to this point
Choices I sustain
Changes I am currently processing

What I like about myself
What I don't like about myself
What I like about others
What I don't like about others

Everything I'm aware of and grateful for
Everything I'm aware of but take for granted
Everything I'm vaguely aware of but never really examine
Everything I'm unaware of, but is even-so present

Consider all these things again in light of:
Which of my choices has helped to bring me here?
Which of my choices keeps me here?
Which of these are truly and totally beyond my control/ choice?


Man!  There's a great deal to consider in even just the periphery of my life!!!
I so often think about my interior world, and how I can manifest it.  This exercise is actually a powerful one for me simply because I so seldom examine my "given" world.

Jesu juva!
Solo Dei gloria!
<3 :) V

I am who I am.  I am Hoo!
This blog will be dedicated to exploring (hopefully discovering more and more of) Who I Am, God's dream of me.  Jesu juva!  Solo Dei gloria!  Praise be Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour, Lover of my Soul! <3 :) V (BTW those are my symbols for Love, Joy, Peace! )