Tagged: contemplation

  • The Benefits of Staring

    Turn, turn, O Perfect One! Turn, turn, that I may stare at you! Song of Songs 6:13   I have asked the LORD for one thing— this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple. Psalm 27:4 I’m staring out an airplane window as I write this. It’s not easy. I’m distracted, interrupted by the announcement that is a bit too loud and the mamma mias of my seatmates as they disagree with the pilot’s delay. Ice crystals that look like scratches have formed on the outside surface of the glass between me and the clouds that create a celestial… Read More