This morning, while trying to wake up - on many levels at once - I had a brief sense of immersion in God, inside/outside, around/within, and then of multiple layerings. Me in the room, yearning to come close with God, the God within, yearning to love and appreciate and enjoy the cloudy day out the window. The quiet birds making small sounds in the light and welcome rain. Crickets giving an occasional chirp. I thought about how difficult it is for me sometimes to just show up. The mind jumps around, the body goes into spasms of coughing - where did that come from, hasn't happened earlier. The emotions flow first here then there. And, the thoughts, where in the world is my head? And, the heart, slowly floating down until it touches bottom, resting there, for just a moment...
This blog represents an attempt on my part to just show up, to reflect on Presence and becoming present, and to faithfully live in the body of the Christ, being present - having had my absences "excused." This blog could just have accurately been titled "loving presents" because that's what I have been given, what I hope to give others, and what all us children of all ages enjoy greatly.
