Lectio Divina

In class yesterday, we went through the ancient practice of....
Lecto Divinia!!!
This practice consisted of listening, reflecting, responding, and resting in the words we are reading. I particularly liked this class above the others was have done.
Reason #1: I had not slept at all the previous night. And when I say "at all" I honestly mean exactly that. I literally did not sleep at all and stayed up all night. Therefore, meditating and resting and taking things slowly with the words made class very nice.
Reason #2: I have been learning a lot more how to dig into the Word of God. God has been putting on my heart to grow in Him more and get to know His words and promises. So this practice in class showed me exactly how to do that! I can take my words that I am reading and really break each one of them down, meditate on them, and dig deeper into them.
Reason #3: I like history. I like learning more about history and what happened before me. It was really interesting for me to learn about the monks who would go through the process of Lectio Divina. I even felt cooler almost because I thought about how many monks and studiers of the Word did this before me and are continuing to do it now.
I like especially what Michael Casey said about what the monks did and what reading became. He said--
Reading became a dialogue with the text.
I love the way he put that! Not only are we just reading the text, but we are also engaging the text, and almost creating dialogue with the text. It is coming alive in how we
listen to the word
reflect on the word
respond to the word
and rest in the word.

Continuing to learn more and more about myself in this class,
Anna Marie