Prayerful Pondering

by Pat Luffman Rowland

Category: communion with God

  • I love the still quietness of early morning. All seems best with my world at that time of day and it is then that I spend time with God. I need this first thing because I know if I don’t do it first, it likely won’t get done at all, and I need His guidance…

  • As they slowly walked the aisle to the place where they would kneel to receive communion, the father would bend down from time to time and whisper to his little girl. She would nod understandingly, holding close to his side. Then when a place was made available for them to kneel, they went forward and…

  • When the Spirit does not open the Scripture, the Scripture is not understood even though it is read. –Martin Luther The Amplified Bible says that Selah (often used in the Psalms) means “to pause and calmly think about what you’ve read.” When we do this, we digest the words and their message, rather than move across…

  • Chloe, my tabby cat, was determined to cozy into my lap.  I attempted to read around her, disturbing her as I turned pages, but Chloe hung in.  She clung to my lap, pawing to make her place of comfort a little more hers.  Finally, as I stilled, she did, too.  She settled into position with…