During this journey of Lent, I have been reading and writing in my journal, as is my practice. In my reading in Luke, I have been met with the idea of how often Jesus went to a quiet place to spend time in prayer. The more demanding and chaotic life got, the more Jesus understood His need to get in a quiet place and communicate with His Father.

Psalm 46:10 reminds us to “Be still and know that I am God.” I truly believe that it is only as we are still before God that we can truly be reminded of who He is and how He is at work in our lives.

Deserted, quiet places seem non-existent in our connected world. Email, text messages, FaceBook, Twitter – the list goes on an on. Sometimes I feel like I am a slave to my cell phone. In a society that values multitasking and instant responses the call of God to be still and to pray hangs heavily before me.

Many years ago I read of the value of creating Sabbathing moments in our days – time when we put everything on hold and just spend time with God. If Jesus felt the need to pray – how much more do we need to do the same?