PRAYcation:
A Spiritual Journey
A Spiritual Journey
A vacation offers the
ultimate getaway and “staycation” is the new word for downsized escapes
centering ‘round hearth and home, but have you ever taken a praycation?
Sometimes the greatest
journey you can embark upon begins with placing your hands together in prayer and
asking God to help navigate the map of your soul. Often you discover
uncharted territory, insights off the beaten path and an endless landscape of
love opens up before you.
Occasionally interior
travels find you exploring rough terrain, bumpy roads of regret and the empty
spaces where your path has strayed. When you pray too hard for personal
pedestrian wishes and dreams to come true but neglect sending God gratitude
or praying for others, you lose your way. Instead of saying, “I want to go here
God” or “I want you to bring me this God” consider asking, “Where do you want
to put me so that I may best be of service?” or “Holy Spirit, today I ask
nothing but to be filled with the divine light of your purpose.” Rather than
trying to plan the whole trip yourself, wander a bit knowing that
God will be your compass.
Pack light for your
praycation (lightening your heart is all that’s required), know that the
longest journey begins with a single step (or kneel) and return from your
travels refreshed with God’s purpose for your life. The Little Chapel cannot provide
you with definitive directions to your place of personal joy, but we can
promise that bowing your head in humility and pressing the right palm to the
left will activate God’s GPS, always bringing you back to the home in your heart.
