God encounters

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Good morning everyone,
 
Our theme for this month: “Living like it’s true”
 
Our Bible verse for today: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.” Psalm 19:1
 
Our thought for today: “God encounters”
 
This morning, I want to continue our thinking from yesterday regarding the richness of each day and how it is that God has packed a thousand years of beauty and blessings into each day. In that devotional I encouraged all of us to slow down, live in the moment, and truly savor the abundance and beauty of God’s wonderful creation that we are immersed in all day every day.
 
In 1856 the English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning published her poem “Aurora Lee”. The most famous line from that poem pertained to the splendor and beauty of God’s incredible creation and how it is that most of us are oblivious to it much of the time:
 
“Earth is crammed with heaven,
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees takes off his shoes –
The rest sit around and pluck blackberries.”
 
She’s right. Our days are filled with the evidence of God and with God encounters. But we allow ourselves to become so busy and so distracted that we miss much of it. As I noted yesterday, much of the time most of us just skim the surface of life. We’re either so busy and moving so fast that we don’t take the time to slow down and smell the roses, or we’re so fixated on our smart phones and other digital distractions that we miss the numerous God encounters that are around us all throughout our days.
 
Are you experiencing God in your daily life – and do you live like it? Are you noticing the evidence of God all around you and then pointing Him out to others? 
 
We truly do live in an amazing world – crammed full of God. Let’s not miss Him.
 
God bless,
Pastor Jim
 
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