Deuteronomy 6:4-5 (New International Version)
4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. [a] 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.***
Matthew 22:37 (New International Version)
37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'[a]***
Mark 12:29-30 (New International Version)
29"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.[a] 30Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'[b]***
Luke 10:27 (New International Version)
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'[a]; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[b]"***
Today’s activity was to spend 10 minutes praying the traditional form of this prayer “The Lord is Our God, the Lord Alone” according to my heartbeat. However, while reading the article, I came up with my own breath prayer: “Inner Light, Shine in Me”. The article also said not to try every form suggested because I would only become frustrated trying to remember them all.
For a year, I have had an unexplainable feeling in my heart that resonates with the symptoms that the author had. My heart does not race as hers did, but instead feels like it’s being pulled out of my chest. In thinking about the events of the past year, and my desire to glorify God in all I do, I believe this feeling of pulling is the “Inner Light” being lit and shining through me.
As I am praying this prayer to the beat of my heart & breathing, I am feeling filled by the Holy Spirit. I am envisioning myself in His presence, glowing from the heart, and He is smiling.
