Friday, 3 April 2020

But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.

I'm surprised by myself. I'm completely fine staying at home, cutting social activities.

Which is odd for an extrovert.

The past few years of isolation kind of turned out to be some form of training from the Lord. While undergoing therapy, I was often guilted for wanting to spend less time interacting with people I wasn't very interested in. I do not doubt the benefits of healthy social interaction. Yet I feel like now is the time now, to embrace the gifts from the Lord, no matter how unusual they are to the world.

I pray that I grow in the discipline of solitude in this season. To quote
Theresa of Avila: "Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself."
Read: Celebration of Discipline by Richard Foster