I was thinking about the activity that we did in class last week and I have to say that I disagree with some of my classmates. I believe that someone can very well use lectio divinia on a regular book and the bible. Of course the bible is more sacred than just any other ordinary book, but we can relate and think about "regular" books with a "Christian" standpoint.
Honestly I had no clue what this exercise was called, but I have heard of the term in first teams. When I read my bible I repeat everything I read, which is basically lectio divinia. Most students usually go over the text and then think about to receive a better understanding and knowledge about a particular text. Again, I am not saying that the Bible and ordinary books are the same, I am just merely trying to prove that you can use the same techniques in different areas to gain a better revelation. I have a question, Can a person read a A Grief Observed once without having to look back and reflect on it? I know that I surely cannot, only because that book is easy yet difficult to grasp all he has to say.
When we read Sonny's Blues and did the exercise I was a little shaky about this, but after a while I started looking at it in a Christian viewpoint. One of the last steps of the activity says to meditate and reflect. When I started to think about how broken Sonny's family was, I began to think about how there are many more families out there today that are suffering with what Sonny had to endure. When I started meditating about this i began to pray for all of the families in the world that come from broken homes because this just touched my heart. Just knowing that you are not loved by anyone is a feeling that I know and I understand, and it feels horrible.
In all, whatever you read and whatever you do you can always relate it back to Christ. If you still don't see where I'm coming from check this verse out Colossians 3:17
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