Updated on April 22, 2024
Baptism: A Meditation for Beginning
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In this 18 minute meditation, you are invited to remember the baptism of Jesus, and to explore where you are at just now, how you stand on the brink of something new and possible, and how you might like to open yourself to the Spirit of God at this juncture. You may want to use this meditation to pray about the next few months, or the next year.
No matter who we are, or where we are headed, we all need to hear the words “you are my precious one. You are beloved.”
If you aren’t familiar with Jan Richardson’s poem Beloved is Where we Begin, I commend it to you.
The text in this meditation is from Matthew 3:13-17, NIV.
Blessings, always, as you pray.
Contemplative at Home offers guided meditative prayer – space to slow down and listen to the truth that is being born out of God’s love for you today – drawing on Ignatian spirituality and at times, Lectio Divina.
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All music by Pete Hatch.
PS There are a few minutes of silence at the end of this, please forgive! Episode is 17 mins.
Thank you, Lissy. This was beautiful as a follow-up to the Quiet Morning of “Following Jesus into 2023” from last week. I’ve been hearing a gentle call from God, and for the first time in my life, the yoke seems easy and light.
Hi Michelle- so lovely to have you over here at the podcast. Blessings!
Hi Lissy – this was very special. I loved how you moved into the Imaginative Meditation in the 2nd half: I burst up out of the water with great joy!
Thank you, my friend. Besides feeling loved, I am left with some fresh thoughts on what’s ahead.