Where O Where is God?

Donald Miller begins his book "Blue Like Jazz" with these words:

"I once listened to and Indian on television say that God was in the wind and the water, and I wondered at how beautiful that was because it meant you could swim in Him and have Him brush your face in a breeze.

I am early in my story, but I believe it will stretch out into eternity, and in heaven I will reflect upon these early days, these days when it seemed that God was down a dirt road walking toward me.  Years ago he was a swinging speck in the distance; He is close enough now I can hear His singing.  Soon I will see the lines on his face."

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O God

a wise man once said

that if you are not in everything

you are in nothing at all

this day

as I sit in the vague light of early dawn

as I see the sun burning orange atop the horizon

and listen to the final hoots

of the night owl

as I watch the earth once again gain color

this day as I remember

my dear friend Sharon, facing cancer

and her loving husband 

as I think of my sister

who faces her future without her Dan

as I think of the people I will meet this day

 as I struggle 

to find something

anything to say this Sunday

that is authentic 

and helpful

I realize that

the only way to walk through life

is to realize that all is sacred

is to understand that you are the breeze against my cheek

you are the birthing sun

you are the mountain

the rivers

the owl

you are in each person who struggles

in each person who sings

and dances

you are in each person I meet

and you 

are 

in 

me

you are not distant and vague

a speck down the road

but you are present

close

Ah, so close

you are present

in even the wrinkles

on 

this 

face

AMEN