You Matched with the Contemplative Rhythm Scripture Meditation!
You Matched with the Contemplative Rhythm Scripture Meditation!
THE RESULTS ARE IN, AND YOUR CONTEMPLATIVE RYTHYM IS…
Scripture Meditation
You encounter God with imagination, emotion, and color. Scripture meditation invites you into the story—helping you see what God is doing, hear His voice, and sense His nearness in a creative, personal way.
Your faith is intuitive and experiential. You understand God best when you can picture Him with you.
You're someone who sees in pictures. When you read a story, you're not just reading words—you're watching a movie in your mind. You see the characters. You hear their voices. You feel the emotions. This is how you process information, how you understand the world, how you connect with truth.
This is a gift. Your imagination isn't just for entertainment or creativity. It's a spiritual gift. It's one of the primary ways God speaks to you.
When you read Scripture, you don't just want to understand what happened. You want to be there.
WORDS THAT COULD DESCRIBE YOU
This is Scripture meditation. Also called imaginative prayer or Ignatian contemplation. It's the practice of entering into the biblical story with your imagination—seeing it, hearing it, feeling it. Not making things up, but letting the Spirit guide your imagination to experience the scene in a vivid, personal way.
WHY SCRIPTURE MEDITATION FITS YOUR SOUL
This Practice Resonates With You Because…
You're creative and imaginative—you think in images, metaphors, stories
You relate to Scripture through imagery and emotion—facts and theology are important, but they don't move you the way a story does
You love when prayer feels vivid and alive—you want to experience God, not just think about Him
You're visual and intuitive—you trust what you see in your mind's eye and what you sense in your spirit
You need Scripture to be more than words on a page—you need it to become real, present, personal
A LETTER TO BE RECEIVED
Lectio Divina has been practiced by monks and mystics for over 1,500 years. When you practice it, you're joining a tradition of people who believed that God's Word is living and active—not a historical document to be analyzed, but a love letter to be received.
Saint Benedict taught his monks to read Scripture with "the ear of the heart." That's what you're doing. You're listening not just with your mind, but with your whole being.
The beauty of Lectio Divina is that it honors the way you naturally process things. You need space to be with the text, to let it work on you, to discover what God wants to reveal. Lectio Divina gives you that space.
Lectio Divina becomes a refuge. A place where you can come with all your questions, all your longing, all your weariness, and simply be with God in His Word. You don't have to have answers. You don't have to have insights. You just have to show up and listen.
🎧 Try Your First Contemplative Encounter:
"Thirsty for Living Water"
"Thirsty for Living Water" was created for women like you—women who know that Scripture isn't just meant to be read once, but savored, returned to, and listened to until God's voice breaks through.
This encounter will guide you through the ancient practice of Lectio Divina using John 7:37-38.
A Look at the Encounter:
Settle and Center: The encounter begins with breath prayer to help you quiet your heart.
The Reading: You are invited to read the passage three times, pausing between each reading to let a word or phrase catch your attention.
First Reading: You notice a word like "thirsty" or "come to me." You don't need to force it. You just notice what stands out.
Second Reading: The words have more texture. You feel them differently. Something is shifting in you.
Third Reading: The passage becomes personal. God is speaking through these words directly to your thirsty soul, today.
The Listening: You are given prompts to journal and pray, moving from talking to God to listening for His response:
"I am thirsty, Lord, I need you. (What does He say?)"
"Help me be here with you now, Lord. (What does He show you?)"
This encounter will show you that you don't need to read more Scripture to connect with God—you need to read it differently. Slowly. Prayerfully. Expectantly.
The Long-Term Gift: Listening for God’s Voice
After you complete "Thirsty for Living Water," you'll have a practice you can use with any passage of Scripture. A psalm. A Gospel story you've read a hundred times. A verse that keeps coming to mind.
You'll learn to trust that God will speak to you through His Word because you've opened your heart to receive what He wants to give you.
Lectio Divina becomes a refuge. A place where you can come with all your questions, all your longing, all your weariness, and simply be with God in His Word. You don't have to have answers. You just have to show up and listen.
You’ll discover that God has so much to say to you. When you slow down and give Him space, He will meet you there. Every single time.
