The Simplicity of Meditation

“While you cannot spend all day studying the Bible, you can think about it throughout the day, recalling verses you have read or memorised and mulling over them in your mind.

Meditation is often misunderstood as some difficult, mysterious ritual practiced by monks and mystics. But meditation is simply focused thinking – a skill anyone can learn and use anywhere.

When you think about a problem over and over in your mind, that’s called worry. When you think about God’s word over and over in your mind, that’s meditation. If you know how to worry, you already know how to meditate! You just need to switch your attention from your problems to Bible verses. The more you meditate on God’s Word, the less you have to worry about.”

From ‘The Purpose Driven Life’ by Rick Warren.