Conversations In The Dark

I will remember my song in the night; I will meditate with my heart, and my spirit ponders Psalm 77:6

My bible study has been encouraging us to meditate over God’s word lately and that’s not always easy for me. I get easily distracted by sights and sounds and dust motes and breezes. Trying to focus on a verse gives me super ADD and then I get frustrated with myself and nothing good gets accomplished. I’ve tried all sorts of tricks and what I’ve found to work the best is to try going over a verse at night. There’s the natural fact that the world is quieter at night, less cars and pedestrians and it’s darker too which limits how many things I can look at instead of my bible. There’s also the fact that I find it’s easier to talk to God at night. It feels like there is nothing between me and God. Maybe it’s because I don’t feel like I need to stand on any sort of ceremony at night, or that I feel like I can say anything and my embarrassment is hidden by the darkness. There’s an intimacy at night that I feel with God and it makes it easier for me to devote my whole heart to hearing how He’s going to speak to me through His word.