God is calling. God is knocking. Are we answering? Maybe we don’t recognize the ring. Maybe we think the knock is next door. Maybe we keep expecting it to come in a way that makes sense to us. I am guilty of not seeing God because I had a preconceived notion of how God was going to show up. I remember many a time being in a Catholic mass and feeling like God wasn’t there. How could that be? How could God not show up? Maybe the readings didn’t make sense to me. Perhaps the communion experienced seemed rote. Maybe father’s homily didn’t connect with anything in my life. These are all possibilities. But what about the kid in the pew in front of me who kept turning around and smiling at me? What about the older woman who stayed after mass to pray the rosary? What about the man who stepped out of the way so his wife and kids could receive communion first? What about the announcement for volunteers to help at the homeless shelter the following Sunday? Maybe my vision of where God was supposed to show up was so clouded by an expectation that I missed all the other invitations in my heart? Maybe because I have felt the presence of God very strongly in church before I just assumed it would always be in the same. God is about surprising us. God is about enchanting us and finding a million ways to say that He loves us in this moment. Maybe God knew better than anyone that what I needed to return to my heart that day was not a profound homily but a smile from a child. Whatever our spiritual practices are they do not define God. God will continue to reach for our hearts in more ways than we can fathom. My prayer for us today is a willingness to set aside everything we think we know about how God will be calling to our hearts and be open to answering. Make it a great one! Peace~Colleen
Be With Answering!
on October 12, 2015Are you willing to let go of what you think you know of how God shows up in your life so you can answer the call? Share in the comments.
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