Transformation

Lectio Divina is a practice that I’ve never heard about or thought about until this year at Southeastern. I guess this is my second post on such an amazing concept which therefore I think is worthy of such appearances in my blog.
In this essay, another new concept is brought forth which is how when we read it’s not only for just the reading part; it’s also so “we open ourselves to the possibility of spiritual experience”.
I’ve read the Bible. And often I approached it with the thought process that God was going to slap me across the face with a Biblically led revelation. Or sometimes I just opened the Bible randomly and thought “Here is where I’m supposed to read today.” I’m sure I’m not the only one who has done this. But to say that I’m reading the Bible (or any other form of literature) to be spiritually transformed in mind isn’t really my goal. Like, I hope something will change inside of me because what I’m reading is God breathed, but I don’t expect it.
Simply by reading something, we open ourselves up to new thoughts and ideas that transform us into who we are today without us knowing it! This is simply amazing to think about.

I look back on what I’ve read in life and how I live life now and I can significantly see how my life has been influenced by literature.
Think how much our minds would be transformed if we actually approached it in that way!
Instead of flipping through or wincing after every page turn because we know the spiritual revelation is coming, we just simply use lectio divina and approach it in a transformational way, I’m sure our results would be faster and more obvious than ones that are often left in frustration after reading a proverb or pslam.