"Centered Prayer"

Centered Prayer is another way to say what most of us have heard of as "Contemplative Prayer". I have not been one to "engage" in this kind of prayer, ever really. I enjoy more interactive prayer. Over the last few months, the Lord has been emphasizing such concepts as "resting in Him", "waiting on Him", and "Be still and know that I am God"(Ps 46:10). Although I have not plumbed the depths of these concepts, I have begun to understand that it is vital to my health to REST, WAIT, and BE STILL. In addition, it goes completely against my flesh to do this, considering that I really enjoy checking things off my To Do List!

Just tonight I read a website that defines Centered Prayer and explains a little on how to "do" it, even though you are not really "doing" anything but sitting in the presence of the Lord. I tried it for the suggested 20 minutes. You know what I found out? There is a LOT of traffic in my brain! It's like I-75 during rush hour in Atlanta! I had such a hard time getting and remaining quiet before the Lord. The website said that the fruit of this kind of prayer doesn't come until after the prayer time. I hope that it does come soon... I need a breakthrough.