Another important spiritual discipline, which I had drifted away from as of late, is taking the time to meditate on scripture rather than just reading it. Its not so much that I get a deeper understanding of what I am reading, although that does occur when I meditate on it, but that I experience an intimate and personal encounter with Abba father in those moments. Some books are able to inspire, encourage, inform, enlighten and even tantalize the reader. But how is it possible that a text or collection of historical stories is able transport the reader into a sacred state, a mystical moment? Such is the power of God's word and they are priceless moments beyond what words can describe.