| I heard the pain in her voice as we spoke. Waves | | | | Perhaps you want to try 20 minutes a day. |
| of self-doubt and fear crippled her ability to make | | | | Perhaps you will start with just 7 minutes. |
| choices. She was a good Christian woman, reading | | | | But however you begin, meditation will make a |
| her Bible and praying, but she wasn't experiencing | | | | difference in your life, as you quiet your mind and |
| a sense of God's presence. She couldn't feel His | | | | open your heart to His presence, and live in the |
| love or His guidance. She didn't know if she could | | | | pathways He created for you. |
| meditate, and she wondered if it would make a | | | | Perhaps you want to meditate, but don't know |
| difference anyway! | | | | how to start. |
| But she knew she needed something, and | | | | There are many ways to meditate, and you don't |
| perhaps in desperation she decided to try a brief | | | | have to worry about which one to choose. Every |
| guided Christian meditation. The meditation quieted | | | | path rooted in a desire for closer communion with |
| her spirit, and opened her heart so she could | | | | Him is a path He will take to meet you. |
| receive the comfort and hope God had been | | | | To begin your meditation, sit in a comfortable |
| offering her all along. She was amazed at the | | | | position, in a quiet place. It's helpful to read a |
| peace she felt, and excited by the new and | | | | scripture verse before you meditate, and allow a |
| hopeful thoughts that began to emerge. | | | | word or phrase to become your focus. Open |
| Have you wondered if meditation could help as | | | | your meditation with a prayer, asking the Lord to |
| you live your life right now? Perhaps you thought | | | | hold you and guide you. And then just breathe, |
| you'd have to meditate for months, or even | | | | and allow Him to fill your heart. |
| years, before you'd begin to benefit. | | | | It may sound strange at first, but meditation is a |
| Not so! Meditation can open your heart to the | | | | natural process. Your mind will begin to quiet, and |
| comfort of His presence just as soon as you | | | | your body will remember how to calm and rest. |
| begin the process. | | | | Many people find it helpful to learn meditation |
| The physical changes from meditation begin | | | | using a Christian Meditation CDs. That experience |
| immediately as well. In one recent study, people | | | | can be a bridge into meditation, a friend walking |
| who had been meditating only 20 minutes a day, | | | | with you along the path. |
| for just 5 days, scored lower on anxiety and | | | | A Christian meditation recording is simply a way |
| depression, lower on anger and fatigue, and higher | | | | for you to open to the meditation process. The |
| on energy than they had scored 5 days earlier. | | | | joy and communion of meditation still happen in |
| We were created for intimate communion with | | | | your mind and body, heart and soul, as you open |
| God. Any time we walk in His paths, we | | | | more and more fully to the Lord. |
| experience the "good fit" He created, and | | | | When you meditate, you step outside the dry |
| meditation is a pathway He created for us. Even | | | | landscape of everyday life, into the warm |
| those who don't know Him can experience the | | | | showers of blessings God has provided for us. |
| physical blessings of His creation when they walk | | | | Why not begin your meditation transformation |
| in the paths He created for them. | | | | today? |
| Right now--today--you can begin to meditate. | | | | |