Today's Journal
CROCK POT PRAYER
The standard Crock Pot (Slow Cooker) has three basic settings: high, low and warm. For the best performance on many recipes, it calls for the long, slow setting. This is usually 6-8 hours. The high setting is 3-4 hours and the warm setting is to keep stuff warm in the Crock Pot. I have determined this is a good guide for a day of Prayer. The best is a long, slow day of silence and solitude.Dallas Willard (1937-2013) professor and author wrote:
“By solitude we mean being out of human contact, being alone, and being so for lengthy periods of time. To get out of human contact is not something that can be done in a short while, for such contact lingers long after it is, in one sense, over. Silence, a gift of many dimensions, is a natural part of solitude and essential to its fullness. Most noise involves human contact. Silence means to escape from sounds and noises, other than perhaps the gentle sounds of nature. But it also means not talking, and the effects of not talking on our soul are different from those of simple quietness. Both dimensions of silence are crucial for the breaking of old habits and the formation of Christ’s character in us. Silence well practiced is like the wind of eternity blowing upon us.”
That’s the Crock Pot life experience I am describing.
“But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words.” Jesus