Hidden or Unhidden God is Present

Yes, I know the quote is really "Bidden or Unbidden God is present" but right now "Hidden or Unhidden God is present" is a better quote for my life. Yes, I know it's been awhile. And, although I've been "hidden" from the blog, it doesn't mean I've been ... well ... hidden from life. Rather, the opposite is true. The stuff of life has so filled my days that writing on the blog has had to take a seat and wait a while. Which, when I think of it, is what I am doing still ... waiting ... but waiting in a much different way.

Following the Eucharist on Easter morning I went for prayer and during that time in prayer a word came to me ... a command really:

  be at peace  

That's sort of what it looked like except that it came rushing at me out of complete blackness (for some reason Blogger text formatting doesn't make the background color the size of the font ... harumpf). It was such a direct command that it caught me in its intensity ... and its invitation to ... well ... be at peace. Stop worrying. Stop fretting. Stop looking for what is next. God is with you now, so

  be at peace 

My sister said that I changed so dramatically, it was as though I flipped a switch. Well, you betcha! If God gives a command I'm not going to question it ... I'm going to do it.

Since then, I have been thinking on what it is to wait. This is not an in between time. This is not a time of looking for what is next. This is not a time of searching for the way forward. This is the time to live life ... right now. The church calls our present season "ordinary time". I say it's "extraordinary time". This is the time to wait with{IN} Him. I know I've talked about this before, but being on this side of 18 months of waiting, it looks quite a bit differently than it did before.

I will post more about this but for now ... may you

be at peace

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