Wander and Bump

There was a wonderful cartoon which showed a family crossing the Sahara desert on camels.  First came the father, then on a second camel, the mother, and finally, on smaller camels, three children.  The last little girl and father were obviously have a dialogue and the father looked back and shouted to her,  "Stop asking if we're almost there yet, we're nomads for crying out loud."

All of us

in one way or another

are nomads

wandering through life

never quite there

we are looking for so many destinations

wealth

happiness

love

but it seems we spend a lot of time

looking

and not finding

and I times we get a little frustrated

with it all

this wandering

 

it seems

so unproductive

and we feel

so lost

 

but sometimes I think

wandering is not so bad

I think about Jesus

He seemed to wander at lot

His path seemed pretty undefined

 

he just wandered around

and bumped into people

and places

and situations

 

and when he did

he noticed

he looked with compassion

he acted

and he healed

 

Perhaps we are all meant to be nomads

people kind of wandering through life

not intent upon our destination

but intent upon our journey

 

perhaps we are meant to simple wander

and bump...

 

to wander

and see the people

the situations 

God places in our path

 

and notice

and look with compassion

and act

in love