So far this week
we have asked what evidence does your life or mine give of an encounter with
God. We considered some of our heroes
and sheroes and guides on the road right now.
Today, I want you to think about sweet spots in your life, moments when
time slowed down.
When was the last
time this year, you were caught up in a holy flow and you felt buoyed by God’s
grace.
Try to describe in
detail where you were, what you were doing, the sensations in your body, the
thoughts in your mind, what hovered in your heart, and even what the air
smelled like.
For me, that sweet
spots from this last year that come to mind are: having dinner with my family, leading
worship on Sunday mornings, leading Bible Study, teaching the Mapping Your Life
Class; and anytime I am out in creation walking. I can also begin to describe/define what I
see and feel in those moments as I think about them. The more specific my description the better,
because it gives me insights into how the Holy shows up in my life. If you can come up with two or three, write
several sentences about trying to capture why that moment you felt like Moses
on holy ground.
By the way, this
connects to the question from Monday, because often the evidence of our life
that God is at work is in moments when we lose track of time. We stop staring at our phones. We think, “I could do this forever.”
Those moments are
a gift to the world. These moments are your
gift to the world that is needed now ~ the way you, like the Wise Ones, follow
the star of wonder and star of night.
I pray this
invitation evokes and provokes memories and moments to swirl and start to flow
from your head/heart/soul onto the piece of paper.
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