IN THE CLOSET

The mind is alluded to as a closet when speaking of prayer. That you should pray in secret by going into a closet. Which can have different meanings to different people.

I think in part it means that you should pray with your mind truly focuses on thinking only about the Lord. That is hard to do at times with all the distractions.

So it is something where one needs to be sensitive to the fact that you can give God the respect he is worthy by having your mind elsewhere. And doing it in secret is so essential to be sure, one's prayer is meant to express faith and not impress others.

This doesn't mean prayer is not valuable in a communal situation. It just means that there are other times, when a special intimacy is needed. The type that only comes from spending time alone where the Lord is the only one that hears.

When that closet is in the mind, you set aside the other issues. You end up allowing the world fall away for a while and only see the Lord.

Then the closet is no longer a closet, but a haven. A place of spiritual refuge and that can heal and also guide.

It can also be a mirror. That is point of reflection where one sees with eyes provided by the Holy Spirit.

That will bring a special light to the closet. One that help us see where we didn't before. Sometimes that will grace with truths that we didn't understand or needed to see in a special way.

It can truly add a new breath to one's life. A chance to see any horizon differently. And the closet where one resides, becomes a transporter to so much more.

In the moment of yielding, when the words come slowly from within, there is the comfort that comes from knowing. We taste the brief kiss of the eternal. And life begets its own special song.

But within that chamber there is joy, sometimes for the first time. It can heal, it can touch in a way that is so special and unique.

There are so many avenues that will take the mind. The closet is not a place so enclosed, it is a gift of freedom.

We can rise above the emptiness. We can hear what we never know could be heard. And that is the joy beyond words that will grant us more happiness than any other path.

May the light come. May your heart be rich from the moment that you enter the closet an embrace eternity.