Being Found*

I hear people in and out of recovery programs tell me that they cannot find God, and therefore they do not meditate or say verbal prayers much at all.  They say, “It doesn’t work for me.”  Well, maybe they are looking at mediation from the wrong side.  Say What?  Meditation is not so that you can find God, or a God of your understanding.  It is so that God can find you.  Mediation keeps us free from running away from something.  We stop staying busy and active in accomplishments to escape ourselves, at least for a few minutes.  We allow, permit, let something happen while we stay somewhat quiet and still with little noise around us.  If we stop running away, we might be able to be found.  It is not God who is hiding.