July - Week 5:
 
In the past several weeks (if you missed them go to the web and pull them up), we have had a little glimpse into the blessings that come as we take time to ponder (meditate upon) the vastness of our God.

Let us begin today with the prayer from Psalm 19:14:
 

 
David pondered upon all that God had done for him. He recognized the intimacy of God in his life. He saw the immense, overwhelming, and unfathomable power and love of God in creating and knowing him.
 
The word "consolation" explains what the Lord does for us when we wait upon Him in meditation. Busyness is one thing that keeps us from meditating on God.
 
Bridgid Herman explains that the "difference between the saints of old and ourselves is not one of inherent nature: it is simply that they took time to ponder God, to gaze upon Him in an act of supreme attention in which intelligent will and desire concurred in perfect harmony, while we are too greatly overrun with small activities and occupations to find leisure for such pondering."
(The Hour That Changes The World, p.118)