Earth’s crammed with heaven
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sits around it and plucks blackberries.
(Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
When this year began, I prayed to God that I would know Him, be more intimate with Him, and to make me pursue and experience Him more than I’ve ever had before. And man, has He answered my prayers.
I suppose it’s not a matter of going God-spotting, like going out with my fish-eye in hand to capture moments on film, but more of changing the way I see and perceive things as they come, changing the ways I remember what happened in the past, and how I look forward to the future. So this is what “being transformed by the renewing of the mind” (Romans 12:2) is like. I wish I hadn’t waited this long to ask for it. But then again, it isn’t like God’s been idle in the past (nearly) 28 years. He has always been there even if I only felt it a few times.
But man, this year! Wow! Every bush is afire with God! In every situation, every tear and “disorder,” good times, and even popcorn movies such as Prince Caspian and Kung Fu Panda are crammed with heaven. I look forward to every single day (but Tuesdays more so, because of Station One. hehe). I was right, 2007 will be great, but 2008 will be legendary.
And these have been legendary days.
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for some reason, i’m always surprised when people ask me about what happened to me the week before. i always give them a blank look while my mind reels back to whatever it is that happened in that particular week. so when my friend asked me the other day how my last week was, it took me a full five seconds before answering,
“it was awesome.”
and it’s not an exaggeration.
so, how was your week?
p.s. Truth Thursdays!
