God can erupt anywhere

Fresh fallen snow

covers what once was mud

and now

is frozen

if latticed earth

the mountains

barely visible in the midst

are ghostly white

with hints of darkness

where the evergreens poke through a mantle of snow

Christmas lights shine through

softly drifting snowflakes

two small deer tiptoe across the yard

to see what succulent shrub

the can nibble on this morning

the horses nicker

expectant

for their morning hay

Inside a fire flickers in the fireplace

as Tess

the cat

rolls lazily on her back in front of it

 

I feel a bit like Jacob

who woke from a pillow of stone

in a very common place

and

while God's breath was still stirring the air

said in surprise,

"Surely God was in this place, and I did not know it!"

 

Ah!

We must see the whole world as an altar,

and recognize

That God can erupt anywhere!