PHOTO: Mary van Balen
I see him, though not now; I behold him, though not near…
Numbers 24, 17a
This morning, to find a place for prayer and Lectio, I pushed aside the mess on the dining room table, lit my candle as a safe distance, and sat down.
I Love Balaam. He is described in today’s reading as one whose “eye is true,” a man from the enemy camp. A man overwhelmed by God and thus speaking oracles, he “sees” what is true- though not with his eyes. With his heart. For the One he sees “…is not near.” But he is coming.
My prayer?
Holy One, open my heart. Still my soul so that all I see, and all I hear…So that stillness made in the midst of clutter (physical and mental) cannot block my view. For I know something Balaam did not: Your are near. You are within and without. Amen
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