Refreshing Reflections

Monday: Listen for the Holy
Today, having entered into what the church calls "Holy Week," let's listen whole-ly...wholly...for the holy in each day. Faith says it's here. Hope says if we give ourselves to such listening, we'll hear it. Love says it will be holy for us...that is, it will be what we truly need to hear.

Tuesday: A Radiance Within
Rather, the radiance within comes from beyond us and from beyond anything we can do. Through a staid commitment to pray and/or meditate, or in other words, to wonder, to ponder, to stop and take in both the physical world around us and the spiritual world within us, we become exposed to this Radiance. And we glow.

Wednesday: Available
The Christian's walk is about something even deeper. It's about making ourselves available to God above all others. It teaches that as we do this, we come to see and experience God helping us sort out how and where to make ourselves available in the world today.

Thursday: Simple As That
Thank you, Lord, for giving me such a simple way of understanding my life's purpose. Thank you for all the people who will make themselves available to You and to me today in order to make my life good. And, most of all, thank you for giving me opportunities to go and do likewise. Simple as that. Amen. 

Friday: So
I don't think any of us has the one, right answer when it comes to understanding God. I do believe, however, that when we stop long enough to ponder just this much of John 3:16 ("For God so loved the world...") we can all agree on one thing: We are so loved.