As I walked, suddenly I was seeing what I had not seen. The sun was losing its grip on the sky, the shadows were stretched to the point of breaking, and the darkness was settling down hard under the canopy of trees. In the moment of seeing it came with startling clarity that the face of creation is always changing. It is never the same. We may see a thousand moments when the light gives way to the darkness, but never is the present moment like yesterday, the day before tomorrow, or even the day still to come.
Could it not be that the ever changing face of creation speaks to us about the way God reveals Himself to us? Could it not be that divine revelation is ever changing as well? We grow accustomed to looking for God's presence in certain places, in certain moments, and in certain rituals to the point that it may take a Damascus Road kind of moment for us to know that God is truly beyond even the holiest of our expectations. What the changing face of creation tells us is that everything around us is potentially a means of holy revelation.
To live with expectation and awareness puts us in a place where we are going to experience the holy presence of the Creator in the ongoing unfolding moments of our life. His presence is not limited to the places our religious culture has deemed to be holy and neither is His presence limited to the holy rituals of the church. Wherever we are, God is. The Word speaks of our being created in His image. But, we are not the only part of the creation which has passed through His hands. Every part of the creation bears the imprint of His creative energy. It is not surprising to see the ever changing, never to be seen again, face of creation and know that so it is with seeing God.
Could it not be that the ever changing face of creation speaks to us about the way God reveals Himself to us? Could it not be that divine revelation is ever changing as well? We grow accustomed to looking for God's presence in certain places, in certain moments, and in certain rituals to the point that it may take a Damascus Road kind of moment for us to know that God is truly beyond even the holiest of our expectations. What the changing face of creation tells us is that everything around us is potentially a means of holy revelation.
To live with expectation and awareness puts us in a place where we are going to experience the holy presence of the Creator in the ongoing unfolding moments of our life. His presence is not limited to the places our religious culture has deemed to be holy and neither is His presence limited to the holy rituals of the church. Wherever we are, God is. The Word speaks of our being created in His image. But, we are not the only part of the creation which has passed through His hands. Every part of the creation bears the imprint of His creative energy. It is not surprising to see the ever changing, never to be seen again, face of creation and know that so it is with seeing God.
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