Each day, so it seems if we are careful to look, there are countless moments when we meet our God.
This entrance to a reflection garden speaks to me, at least, of welcome to peace. It is very difficult not to find God here. Let me share the full picture with you and you will see why.
Much more like what you would expect. Stepping on the welcoming stones has you "walking on water," the water of a fish pond. And well might you say, "It is easy to meet God here."
I would agree with you. But here is a beginning. Think of the abundance of encounters. Very much like the spaces between words and musical notes provide us with the time to delve more deeply into our hearts to create masterpieces of writing and composition, so, too, do the spaces between encounters with the many people we meet daily and throughout our lives.
This morning I spoke with a "young" lady whose husband is currently hospitalized and too weak and too advanced in wisdom and grace for doctors to safely operate on his body to make him better. That "young" lady (truly young at heart) shared the pain she was having because should could not be with her husband at this time due to her own surgery two weeks ago. What a sacrifice this is for her! Yet, at the same time what a moment of extraordinary graces. These days of separation surely are a grace-filled time in her life. No doubt she is praying for her husband. No doubt she is also recalling so many wonderful moments together in their many years of married life. She is meeting Jesus in the space between her being present with her husband. No doubt he feels that same pain of the empty space in his hospital room where she would normally be were she strong enough to be with the man of her life.
We meet Jesus in the strangest of people, places and things. Ours is the challenge to recognize in the spaces between these encounters whether it be between being with a loved one, or visiting a favorite "retreat spot" like that above or a treasured art work that is housed in a museum you might visit regularly. Jesus is there in those spaces and there, most likely, you encounter the best meetings with him because there is not interruption in your conversations with him.
Jesus is there with you dear "young lady" as well as with your "young man" in the space between your being together moments. And, of course, many now are praying for both of you. See what an empty space can produce!!!
Mother Teresa Stamp -- Thanks Whispers in the Loggia
And just imagine all of the moments of encounters with spaces that Mother Teresa experienced. She saw the spaces and knew precisely what to do: get into those spaces and let God do the work!
