Scripture saturation
Christianity Today has an interesting article on the early church’s practice of praying the scriptures, or lectio divina. Scripture saturation has been a very inspiring read for me. After having read the article and some other sources on the internet I have realised that I have always practiced this in one way or another.
For several hours each day, the monk was to read Scripture in a meditative way called lectio divina, literally “divine reading.” Slowly, with loving repetition, he pondered the power of God’s word, tasting it in the palate of the heart. Some monks literally learned the entire Bible “by heart,” not only in the simple sense of memorizing it, but also in the richer sense of putting the whole content of the Scriptures into the treasury of his heart
I am a contemplative by nature, I have always read the bible in a contemplative way, and the focus of my reading has been reading with the heart rather than with the intellect. The article challenges us to pray the scriptures continually - very much like Wesley Campbell states in his article “Praying the Bible - The Pathway to Spirituality”.
