Random Thoughts

While I have never professed to being a morning person, I have come to understand that mornings have been for many and for me as well the best time of the day to intentionally seek a time of holy awareness. The contradictory sidebar to this statement is that seeking an awareness of holy presence is not really something which is necessary for those who have disciplined themselves to the art of paying attention to the constantly unfolding presence of God that is ever a part of our lives.  I am striving to be a part of this group who live with an awareness of the holy though I do not regard myself yet as a full member.    

The language we use to speak of our spiritual journey often becomes confusing to us.  We seek One who is already present.  We ask for God to give us more love for others when He has already given us love from His own heart which should be more than enough.  And, of course, we speak of our desire to be filled with His Spirit even though His Spirit comes to us not in part but in a manner which reflects His wholeness.   

The language we use to speak of our pursuit of the Holy....there we go again....How can One who is seeking us be pursued?   And so, the language we use to speak of our pursuit of the Holy often speaks of what is already granted to us through the mystery of the Kingdom that is both here and there.  Another way of connnecting the desires of our own Spirit with the intentions of the Holy Spirit for us might be in expressing gratitude instead of the seeking language.  Instead of seeking awareness of the Holy, we might enter into a time of thanking Him for being present in the glorious moments of revelation as well as in the moments when it seems He is in hiding.