dailydatewithgod

We do a lot of idolizing and cherishing things and people outside of ourselves.  It makes sense as children there is so much with which we experience awe.  Everything is new and fascinating.  As we get used to things they lose their shine.  We see no point in venerating them anymore because why would we cherish something or someone we take for granted?  This experience is not just with elements outside of ourselves. When did we stop venerating the inner experience of ourselves?  When did we decide we could take for granted our ability to think and breathe?  When did we choose to rely on without regarding the amazingness of our capacity to move and create a connection with others?  When we stop to think about what it is we are no longer venerating the list is long.  Somehow we correlate only newness with worthy to be venerated.  God invites us to see as God sees.  Every moment of breath is a new moment.  In the presence of this moment, we can be venerating many things.  Just because we interacted with this person yesterday does not mean something new has not occurred within them worthy of venerating.  Just because we made it to work in one piece without any accidents yesterday doesn’t mean we cannot venerate the systems of transportation, paved roads, or conscientiousness of other drivers.  Venerating may sound like something only applicable to that which has throughout history been venerated.  Today we live in a time of greater awareness.  There is no reason our gratitude list cannot become our venerating list.