there is no “where” that you are not.
You are the essence in everything,
the infinite in every “every.”
Even now,
you are here.
You gaze at us
And we at you.
And when we do
we gaze into your very face,
into the face of God,
into the face of Life,
into the face of Reality,
into the face of Truth,
into the face of Being,
into the very face of Love.
O Invisible yet everywhere,
we can miss the sheer nearness of you.
Or worse, we can miss the you-ness of you.
Unaware,
while busied to the point of distraction,
or myopically intent upon our delusions,
or unfamiliar with the far flung reaches of seeing,
we can miss you.
And,
we can miss the you that is looking back at us.
And with it, we can miss your look of love—
the original look of Love.
And,
we can miss the you that is
longing to connect with us,
that is hoping we will see the you who are the "is"
in all things.
Still, you invite us to see
into yourself.
into your self
to perceive,
to experience,
and to know the you--
in all that is,
in all that happens to us,
in all that we do.
And when we see this you,
the invisible becomes visible!
When these moments come--be they but glimpses
in which we realize that it’s really you we are looking at—
with each of them,
you bless us,
you fill us,
you quiet us.
you keep us.
For we are actually seeing love
And it’s you looking back at us.
“The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you. The Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26
