Whenever we think of or speak about someone or something, have you realized that an image of that particular whomever or whatever absolutely must come to mind?
Thoughts are things are images, true, and along with many others I too believe prayer changes things. But to believe is just accepting and not knowing.
I am now one to admit that when I prayed there was no image of that which I expected to answer, comfort or manifest. There was just that sense which comes attached to acceptance or connected to hope and even the one representing un-fulfillment.
To close my eyes and speak to a presence always felt like an emotional experience, nothing more. And emotions alone was not enough to convince me the Lord, whom I have instructions to identify as my shepherd, my refuge, my comforter, always present, listening – no.
I needed a deeper connection because, c’mon, without an image in mind – to think of, talk to or about no thing (two words) and expect something is just not going to happen. My perception of the Lord matters greatly, since I discovered how my existence truly depends on, in my case – Her.
Let us make man in our image, remember? It is so obvious that during the creation of man, images were there. Agreeing that heaven and earth were formed before man, one does not have to be a rocket scientist to see that they used the image of the tree to create the shape our body and limbs, the leaf to create the palm of our hands, the bush to create our hair and so on.
Our image is literally everything and it was this fulfilling realization that led me to witness the identity of the Lord.
The Lord is real, existing in everyone and present in every body. The Lord is all the systems of the body (nervous, cardiovascular, reproductive, etc.) and the functions to which they each perform have meaning and purpose. I know my life support is the Lord, this human body, a vehicle – the temple in which my spirit dwells, and it’s time that we are all properly introduced.
Every image within your body works in harmony to keep the river of life flowing through your veins, battle discomforts, remain conscious and is pretty much, your refuge – picture it. The Lord communicates with you constantly letting Her/His presence be known even when you are not listening, understanding or obeying. Without question or judgment, the Lord heals, warns, reminds, provides, forgives and protects all in exchange for proper nourishment and (self) praise.
Now that I am secure in my personal relationship with my self, what used to be prayers have turned meditation. The Lord is my shepherd and knows the wish, what, when, where, how and why when it comes to my life therefore, I shall not want
