Good morning…
This week, I took pictures of two trees in our back yard. The first photo in each set was taken on Monday. The second in each set was taken on Thursday.
Will I open the wooden gate of my innermost self to notice the light of God’s presence amid life’s changing seasons? There is a right time for everything, and everything on earth will happen at the right time (Ecclesiastes 3:1, ERV).
How much do I trust this empowering truth?
…Sue…
P.S. Periodically this happens. After waking from my second sleep, I open Henri Nouwen’s morning meditation and we are on the same wavelength at the same time. Right now, I sense God’s continuation.
God is a God of the Present by Henri Nouwen
The real enemies of our life are the “oughts” and the “ifs.” They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and the now. God is a God of the present. God is always in the moment, be that moment hard or easy, joyful or painful. When Jesus spoke about God, he always spoke about God as being where and when you are. “When you see me, you see God. When you hear me, you hear God.” God is not someone who was or will be, but the One who is, and who is for me in the present moment. That’s why Jesus came to wipe away the burden of the past and the worries of the future. He wants us to discover God right where we are, here and now.
