It is the simple gestures of being that sometimes create the greatest impact. We live in a society very focused on the big changes and the massive displays. Our eyes become attuned to the grand gestures and massive changes. After a while we miss out the subtleties of human connection seen face to face or heard ear to ear. God who speaks in the still small quiet voice calls us to show up in a big way in our lives by living out the simple genuine connections with each other and ourselves. When we offer the face of God to another human being by mirroring their expression or countering their frown with a smile, we create the ripple effects of connection heart to heart. It may not strike in our minds as a phenomenal experience but it can change the course of a day or a week. The fluctuation of heart rhythms from person to person that can happen in an offering of kindness of gesture or word go beyond our ears and our eyes. Their subtle value can touch the depths of our heart. Just the other day I saw a young couple return from bringing their newly born child to a procedure room where they left their newest family in the hands of the doctors who assured them they would come back out as soon as the procedure was finished. The look of compassion the husband offered his wife and the embrace he held her in touched my heart and I was standing on the other side of the room. It may have appeared like a simple offering of kindness or perhaps an expected one, but its ripple effect sent the energy of the room to another place.
Be From Offering!
on April 3, 2017My prayer for us is the courage to look for ways we can offer to be the face, hands, ears, and eyes of God by being the presence of love today for one another.
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