Heartbeat of God

"Lent is you and I, like Saint John the well-beloved, putting our head on the bosom of Christ and hearing the heartbeats of God (Jn 13:21-25). When you hear the heartbeats of God, You change. We try to listen well to those heartbeats during Lent, so that we may not only repent and make our peace with God, but forgive all who have hurt us. Let each one of us open his or her heart to God, and let him wash us clean, let him fill us with a hunger for him, and a thirst. Let him make us his own, to that when we come to Easter our joy will be beyond reckoning." Servant of God Catherine De Hueck Doherty 

Imagine hearing God's heartbeat...

What would that be like? 

A picture is painted so beautifully of St. John's head pressed on the heart of Jesus. 

I've heard about and pictured this image before but I have never thought about why St. John did what he did. 

The answer is not because St. John the beloved was the favorite. 

Remember, Jesus doesn't have favorites. 

St. John was an ordinary man who boldly answered the call of Jesus. 

The call to be His and to be loved by Him. 

We are all called to be His Beloved. 

St. John understood the deeper meaning of the word Beloved. 

This Lent, I don't want to just imagine the heartbeat of God. 

I want to lean in close and feel the heartbeat of the One who calls me Beloved. 

I invite you to join me.

The best way to lean close is to spend time with Him. 

I was going to list ways of how to spend time with Jesus but then I realized something...

A heartbeat is best heard in silence. 

My Lent Challenge: quiet your heart and listen for the heartbeat of God.