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A take on Lectio Divina, this meditation flows from the Genesis 2 creation account “a river watering the garden flowed from Eden, from there it separated into four headwaters”, to Psalm 36 “you give them drink from your river of delights”, through Isaiah 44 & 55 “I will pour water on thirsty ground,” “come all you who are thirsty, come, drink”, to Jesus’ words in John “streams of living water will flow from them” and concludes with John’s vision in Revelation of the new Jerusalem “the angel showed me the river of the water of life”.

As you pause to pray with this meditation, I would encourage you to invoke your own memories around streams, rivers, ponds, rain, or the ocean. How would you use your images to describe God’s movement, God’s Spirit, God’s being? And as you meander through these verses, which words or images catch you, and spark wonder or interest? Pause there. Dive in. Be open to what is being offered to you in that eddy. Drink deep.

(Please forgive any mispronunciations in the Genesis reading, I’m not a linguist!)

Blessings 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.