Thursday, March 13, 2025

Dear God,

Am I really seeing all there is to see?  Or I am fixed on seeing things just on the surface?

Two things spoke to me today.  One was a book I have read three times because I felt led to reread it for Lent.  The other was the moon I gazed at at 6:30 this morning.

Although I have read Treasure in Clay Jars numerous times, today it seemed I read it for the first time.  The collection of faith stories spoke like never before.  I heard, saw and tasted the stories as if I had been on the scene when they happened.  And when I saw the moon first thing this morning, it was so spectacular that I could hardly take it in.  I couldn't stop staring at it.  The halo around it and its closeness to the earth seemed as if I could step outside, step on tippy toes and touch it.  I watched it until it slowly slipped below the horizon.

Both these events reminded me how easy it is to see with blinders on; however, in doing so, I only have a small frame in which to see.  Everything else is cut off.  I sometimes draw conclusions that are inaccurate.  

As I consider national and international events, I believe you are challenging me to look at a larger picture, one that contains more than I normally see.  As for the moon, I never want to see it again just on the surface.  I want to live on tippy toes just to see it the way you painted it.

Holy God,

you are

a great teacher.

You speak

to us

every day.

You remind us

to take

a second

and third look

to see

the way

you see.

Thank you.

Love, Andrea