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I chose to participate in the Cultivating Life commitment because I loved the idea of practicing a spiritual discipline.  I decided to pick what would be hardest for me to do and I committed myself to being “QUIET” with God for 25 minutes once per week.  For a person with ADHD being quiet and still is like asking a shark not to swim.  Even I was amazed at how much “busy work” I came up with in the first two weeks to justify my pathetic results of seven minutes and nine minutes.  

So, I got serious about my commitment and I prayed to God to tell me how to find the time and how to “shut up” in my mind so I could just be with Him.  As always, He had the answer.  Now, on Sunday mornings I get up early (be careful what you pray for), get on my knees and turn my palms up and say, “I’m here God,” and He says, “so am I, Sarah.”  

Sometimes it is just 25 minutes of silence, sometimes He tells me what to do with my week and sometimes He tells me what NOT to do with my week.  Now I realize it’s not about being “quiet” with God per se, but “LISTENING” to God -- which requires me to shut my mouth!

 

I am Sarah, a North Vancouver resident of 39 years, whose passion is reading and writing poetry.  I consider myself a baby Christian of 3 1/4 years.