Dear All of Us,
So much of religion and spirituality
is a great big fat waste of time.
They get us busy seeking a God
who is already here -
within and without,
but we're not.
We're out and about
chasing around trying to find God
as we think God ought to be
in ways we want/expect
God to be and prefer
God to be present.
We're looking for God
blindfolded by our
predetermined notions of
who, how and where
God should be.
"WE INTERUPT THIS BLOG
FOR FAST BREAKING NEWS."
A moment ago my wife
came into the study here
as I was typing this blog.
I stopped typing.
She asked me
to rub cream
on her back.
That's God
Showing Up
God's way
and that
in a most touching way!!
At their true best
religion and spirituality
are simply accepting that
God
Shows Up
as God is and in God's ways
in our place and time.
We embrace the presence.
God takes it from there.
Paula D'Arcy gets it and gives it:
"God comes disguised
as our life."
That's the holy how and where
of real religion and spirituality.
So God and we
Show Up
together
"Presenced"
ONE
in
our God given
time and place,
our God given
gifts and graces.
We connect
as God presents
in our everyday life.
SOME
PRACTICAL PRESENCE POINTS
We stop what we're doing
to rub cream on
our spouse's back,
playing the piano,
gardening,
working,
raising a family,
mentoring,
meditating,
telling funny stories,
advocating,
showering
- yep, we take our shower
with/in God,
donating,
cooking a super stew,
sunbathing,
having the left out in for dinner,
soaking in sacred writings,
living a modest lifestyle,
actively making our
faith community truly so,
slowing to sense God
in spring flowers,
playing with kids,
being patient with our
disappointments, hurts,
aches and pains,
stopping to still
so the Spirit within
can love on us
wrapping us
Intimate One,
fasting from frivolities,
tuning out media madness,
tunning into
God Reality
God Actuality
Practical Place Presence
of
God
However God
Shows Up
God's already here
in our now,
within and without.
Happy are those who
SHOW UP
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Love to all,
John Frank
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