http://yaholo.net "For those who are seeking truth, want to experience God, pondering the meaning of life, and wonder why hot dogs come in packs of ten but the buns in packs of eight." - Yaholo, The Practical Mystic. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://yaholo.net/christian-mysticism-101/comment-page-1/#comment-179 soma Wed, 26 May 2010 23:09:20 +0000 http://yaholo.net/christian-mysticism-101/#comment-179 In our endeavor to understand life we experiment externally, which is science in order to understand the laws of life internally, which is spirituality. In our endeavor to understand life we experiment externally, which is science in order to understand the laws of life internally, which is spirituality.

]]> http://yaholo.net/christian-mysticism-101/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Frank Walker Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:49:07 +0000 http://yaholo.net/christian-mysticism-101/#comment-126 One evening during a private moment with God, I began whining about my personal lack of understanding over direction. At the time I was serving in the foreign mission field. Was I to remain in the present location or move. At the time the need for discerning my future steps was critical. I was overwhelmed to a point where all else became insignificant amidst that present concern, choking out any thought of the original reason for that private moment of communion with God. Suddenly I heard a voice that simply and quietly whispered, "Frank, worship Me!" I grugingly responded, first with several excuses over why my need for His answer was paramount. I then made a rather difficult choice to obey that word. I opened my Bible and found a passage from the book of Psalms that praised God. I then began to read it outloud. With each word my thoughts and heart became increasingly intertwined in a timeless moment of praise to my creator. All self-centered thoughts, all cares, all painful emotions swiftly melted away. I was in the presence of my King and nothing else mattered. It was a cloudless night and the stars were brilliant. The remoteness of my location yielded the view of a faint mist stretching across the sky - the Milky Way. I was caught up in a moment of such ecstacy, the likes of which I have yet to re-experience. As I pondered on the vastness of the universe and of my God I once again heard the voice. He said, "Frank, do you see the stars in the sky? I made each of them... and each is exactly where I want it to be. And you are exactly where I want you to be." One evening during a private moment with God, I began whining about my personal lack of understanding over direction. At the time I was serving in the foreign mission field. Was I to remain in the present location or move. At the time the need for discerning my future steps was critical. I was overwhelmed to a point where all else became insignificant amidst that present concern, choking out any thought of the original reason for that private moment of communion with God.
Suddenly I heard a voice that simply and quietly whispered, “Frank, worship Me!”
I grugingly responded, first with several excuses over why my need for His answer was paramount. I then made a rather difficult choice to obey that word. I opened my Bible and found a passage from the book of Psalms that praised God. I then began to read it outloud.
With each word my thoughts and heart became increasingly intertwined in a timeless moment of praise to my creator. All self-centered thoughts, all cares, all painful emotions swiftly melted away. I was in the presence of my King and nothing else mattered.
It was a cloudless night and the stars were brilliant. The remoteness of my location yielded the view of a faint mist stretching across the sky – the Milky Way. I was caught up in a moment of such ecstacy, the likes of which I have yet to re-experience.
As I pondered on the vastness of the universe and of my God I once again heard the voice. He said, “Frank, do you see the stars in the sky? I made each of them… and each is exactly where I want it to be. And you are exactly where I want you to be.”

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