Soaking up God

“Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.”

Anne Lamott, Help Thanks Wow: The Three Essential Prayers

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how does God come?

when do we see the presence of the Sacred?

I was thinking today about being

“open for business” as Anne Lamott puts it

and since I believe that the key to our spiritual lives

is our understanding that the sacred is everywhere

and in everyone

and that spiritual practice is primarily “practicing the presence”

and since I believe the goal of spirituality should be union, communion

not perfection

and since I believe a healthy spirituality moves us from seeing others

as threats whom we must lessen (in order to protect what we have or get what we need)

since in a non spiritual world people do not share and thus there is not enough (even though there is)

to seeing others as those who share the sacred with us

and as those to be loved (OK, I am digressing)

I believe we must always have eyes wide open for the astonishing material

and revelation the sacred sends our way

I have tended to expect God moments to have some flair!

at least a little!  you know, pillars of fire, angel choruses

what I sometimes forget is that the love touches of the sacred come in many ways

waking up after surgery (without nausea)

well actually, just waking up

finding after two short days that pain is already no longer in my face

I am also re-learning even normal things are kind of miraculous

swallowing (which is still not easy) is an amazing thing

the complexity of a body – and the interconnection of all the parts

cat love

home

having out “big doe” greet us as we enter the drive

so as I slow down for a while

not by choice, but perhaps by someone’s design

it will soak up the moments

and soak up God