Saturday, May 17, 2014

Daily prayer & solitude


At a time management seminar I attended some years ago, the leader made a plea that every busy executive must begin each day with what he called "planning and solitude." His premise was that those who disciplined themselves to have a daily quiet time away from the din of the daily bustle were far and away more productive than those who just rushed headlong into each day's activities.

The phrase stuck: "planning and solitude." How very similar to a phrase I had heard from numerous pastors and Bible teachers: "prayer and solitude."

As I read Scripture, I am struck again and again at how frequently the ideas of prayer and solitude are joined. Keep reading

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