Usually, the most challenging thing about personal bible study for me is finding solitude. Finding enough time free of distraction and stress to sit down and let the scriptures become first desirable, then available, and finally transforming. Surgeries are scheduled and anesthesia is given in doses to insure that a patient will remain in place for the duration of the operation. The work that God does through the reading of scripture also requires that we remain in place for the operation to come to completion. We need anesthesia for our souls. We need a Sabbath enforcer. We need solitude.
Interesting post. I’ve been in one of those “active” moods today, feeling adrift, uncommitted, wondering where I could go to get busy. I’ve tried to have no noise in the house but couldn’t stand it, had Soundscapes on for a few hours. I realize how very, very difficult it is to “be” still. I even feel a little odd that we’re newly arrived and I’m not overwhelmed with stresses of things to do. Ah, let me remember this blog, lie back and inhale a little more anesthesia. Yes, feeling better, thank you.
Solitude is now scarce. It’s really true that we need anesthesia for our souls.