Conversation

It's a bit of a continuation of my previous post on hearing voices but recently my conversation with the Holy has been about conversation with the Holy.  A favorite of mine, Psalm 27 says:

One thing I asked of the Lord,
   that will I seek after:
to live in the house of the Lord
   all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
   and to inquire in his temple.

If I'm in conversation with God, I must be in—or near—God's temple. God's temple is wherever and however one encounters God.

Surely, two-way conversation is crucial to such conversation. It's not just about one doing all the talking, all the time. How do we both contribute to this conversation… and to this relationship? We both have questions and responses that in turn prompt more questions and responses.

This is how my morning and evening lectio divina is going. Granted, I have more time in the evening but every morning something in the reading catches my attention there, too. At first, I thought I didn't have time for it but I have found myself carrying the word or phrase with me into my day. Twice in recent days it has been about conversation.

Some days the Word embraces me, other days it smacks me around. Some days it fascinates me throughout the day and other days it I'm left scratching my head, trying to figure how can I possibly learn this big a lesson in one day. But it's not just one day and maybe the Holy is just slowing introducing it to me.

So I'm dwelling in the conversation… in the house of God.