"Today, like many other days, I have forgotten. I have forgotten my glimpses of God, the moments when I actualy taste and see him for a smidge of who he is, and the moments I would do anything." [Pg 131] I have God images tucked away. What are those? Those are moments when he visibly pokes his head into my world ~ like the one I mentioned last week. I treasure those memories of God peeking. I bet you have such memories too. But do we think about them, re-running them in our imagination very often? Why doesn't something so precious stay in the front view of who we are? Jennie's question is why aren't these moments with God, the times when he breaks through into our life and explodes our heart with his presence, why aren't those moments in our forefront? Wouldn't it be easier to live for God if they were? Wouldn't painting his glory everywhere become much more common? I think life is tricky. And it's very hard to see beyond this world and focus, even temporarily, on the next. This place, after all, is the only reality we have ever known. That's not an excuse, but a very real truth. We don't have a personal experience of heaven, although we might imagine one. But even if you could stretch your brain out that far, how close would we get? Perhaps the best we can do, as Jenni writes, is to remember those 'smidges' of himself and to place them front and center in our walk-about day. Here's how, I personally, could start building that habit. I say prayers before I get out of bed in the morning because I know once I'm up other things will dominate my thinking. Like coffee! Then there's doggies to care for. News. Plans for the day. A lot of other things needing my attention. If I take those first moments, when it's quiet and calm, to remember God peeking into my life, and how that felt, I believe that will eventually make a difference in how visible he is to me... ~ Andi
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