Augustine of Hippo gave us a lovely example of faith to follow, one of personal contemplation, one that teaches us how to meditate and why we should. Because in silence, in reflection, in meditation, we find God, we find rest.
“No one knows what he himself is made of, except his own spirit within him, yet there is still some part of him which remains hidden even from his own spirit; but you, Lord, know everything about a human being because you have made him… Let me, then, confess what I know about myself, and confess too what I do not know, because what I know of myself I know only because you shed light on me, and what I do not know I shall remain ignorant about until my darkness becomes like bright noon before your face.” - St. Augustine
