March 2, 2015
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The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord accepts my prayer. Psalm 6:6  NRSV
Eunice Sun for 3.2.15blog post
Without confidence that the “Lord accepts my prayer, I could practice neither intercessory prayer nor meditation.”  My meditation time is often filled with more distractions than mental silence, so I remind myself that God does not judge my prayer and finds my effort pleasing. When I’ve felt sick at heart with grief, betrayal or worry, I’ve wondered, as did the psalmist, just how long God would take to answer me, or if God’s answer was “no.”  But I’ve been blessed with the confidence that God did hear me.  Long ago I lost track of a large framed poster, but not its message, a quote scratched into a wall in Auschwitz: “I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.  I believe in love when I feel it not.  And I believe in God even when He is silent.”

Eunice Cheshire
Spiritual Director

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About The Author:

My simple life… is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I let God lead me. I have been married to Greg for 27 years and we have three wonderful children. My simple life is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I let God take control. I followed God’s call to begin seminary at Perkins School of Theology in January 2006. I graduated in May 2011. My life is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I listen for God’s call. I began the Degree in the Art of Spiritual Direction at San Francisco Theological Seminary in January 2009. I graduated in May 2011. My life is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I listen for God's call. I was ordained in the Presbyterian Church USA and spent three amazing years in Pastoral Ministry at Highland Springs Senior Living in Dallas, TX. My life is not simple at all. Yet it is so simple when I listen for God's call. My passion is the Christian Spiritual Life. As a spiritual director and retreat leader, I am so blessed to hear how God is at work in the world. How is God at work in your life?

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