We are like the fish, in a Sufi story, who anxiously swim around looking for water – till they realise they are swimming in it. Once we realise that we are immersed in ‘the river of God’s providential love,’ we can learn to ‘float in it’. To float we don’t have to do anything – but let go. ‘Floating is putting your full weight on the water trusting that you will always be supported.’ [1] The confidence we need to have in order to let go  – and float in the river of God’s love – comes from ‘letting God’s love wash over me’ and ‘from soaking in the scriptural assurances of such love’, ‘not simply trying to believe them’.[2]
 

‘Meditation is like spiritual daydreaming. Rather than analyse a passage, simply soak in it. There is no need to do anything with the words you read. Instead let them do something to you. Let the words wash over your heart.’[3]
 

‘Spend some time meditating on passages that speak of God’s love.’
 

   Psalm 23
   Psalm 91
   Psalm 131
   Isaiah 43:1-4
   Isaiah 49:14-16
   Hosea 11:1-4
   Matthew 10:29-31
   Romans 8:31-39