Greetings @denmarkguy ,
Thinking.....how to respond....several topics here really...very interesting post.
Without a guidepost...I would definately be rudderless...wandering about.
Many subjects are of interest to bleujay as well..and nothing is more rewarding than researching and studying those subjects....but truly if I did not believe in a Supreme Being Who gave us His guidelines for life in a time defying book called the Bible as my anchor....I would not be motivated by something outside myself to embrace life.
Such a life begins with Faith in Christ Jesus and continues with Study of His Word under a Pastor who teaches from the Original languages of Greek and Hebrew.
Thank you for opportunity to write on these things and be part of the conversation.
All the best to you.
Cheers!
Greetings @bleujay, thanks for stopping by.
Sounds like you have your point of purpose and meaning in the form of Scripture and the attendant lessons, which I think is a beautiful thing.
From a spiritual perspective, what I suppose I often catch myself in is something that periodically afflicted monks at monasteries, commonly referred to as a acedia, loosely translated as "spiritual sloth" but actually goes far deeper than that. It's more a case of the daily slipping into a state of automated routine, rather than truly being present. For example, to continue the spiritual direction, morning prayers becoming routine because "it's just what you DO at 9:00am" rather than it being a sincere and present connection to God, if that makes sense.
All the best to you, as well!
Thank you for your kind reply @denmarkguy.
It is true that we would not wish for prayer to become only ritual or even a recital of prescripted words indeed.
However if I may say....it is a Principle that routine and order is the sanity of life. Only the person and God knows whether his routine is ritual or real.
Appreciate your lovely photographs and meant to say so earlier.
Cheers!