Summer means a lot to me. Slower days. Time with my kiddos. Nostalgically, it meant time on the water where I grew up. Staring out to where you could only see water meet sky. You can lose yourself staring like that. I guess that was meditation. Staring at water (or my kids playing or swimming) feels like meditation to me. Josh Summers, a great yin teacher, calls mediation “the sum total of your experiences when you intend to meditate.” Yes. And maybe when you don’t intend to meditate? God is always with us. Maybe this summer you might stumble (or intentionally find) that slower, warmer, summer pace. Hold it close but loosely. Marinate in it and lose yourself with God. “….be filled with the Spirit.” Eph. 5:18b
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you;
when you walk through fire you shall not be burned,
and the flame shall not consume you.” - Isaiah 43:2 ESV
