Epiphany Ramblings........
“There's nothing better when something comes and hits you and you think
e·piph·a·ny
1. sudden realization: a sudden intuitive leap of understanding, especially through an ordinary but striking occurrence
2. appearance of god: the supposed manifestation of a divine being
In our ancient stories,
the writers had a great way of letting us readers know---"somebody" finally "Gets IT"....There would always be some strange interaction with a "stranger" in the form of an angel
and then all kind of lights and winds and strange things would happen. Wonder what it would be like
if everytime us humans had an epiphany
lights would flash and bells would ring.
It would be a "strange" but interesting kind of place...wouldn't it?
and then all kind of lights and winds and strange things would happen. Wonder what it would be like
if everytime us humans had an epiphany
lights would flash and bells would ring.
It would be a "strange" but interesting kind of place...wouldn't it?
I wonder what it would look like
if every time IT happened
to us human beings
a flash of light went off...
a spark or flash spanned the darkness...
wouldn't it be great
if throughout our ordinary mundane
typical day...
we're walking down the aisle of the local Kroger
or running on the treadmill
of the gym or walking down the hall of school
or sitting at our desk
we see it
a glimmer of God moments happening all around.
What if
suddenly in the midst of confusion
we look up and see
"IT"
that thing
that
comes to all of us
in all kind of ways...
wouldn't it give us hope...
beckon us to seek the extraordinary
wouldn't it get us out of our day-to-day "normal" routine.
I'd love to see it..
just once in my life
all us humans walking around
with our "aha's" all hung out for display
in full public view...
lights flashing and going off
as if the paparazzi was following
us everywhere.
Truth is
epiphanies happen all the time....
and
if we humans
could see with the
spirit eye
if we had the nerve to actually
see the Mystery at work in the world
it would happen
we'd change
be transformed
be healed
be something
....
light upon light
striking
like little fireflies glimmering in the darkness
as
the
Creator
meets
human
face to face
a spiritual smack down of sorts
"getting it"
"learning"
"discovering"
BECOMING
as
"something or someone or some something"
comes to us
in the midst of
the ordinary
and
opens us up
crack us open
awakens us
to a life
where
we are
refreshed
revived
restored
re Visioned...
.....
The Mystery
it comes
tapping
sometimes banging even
on our soul spaces....
inviting us
to
something...
hoping...
just hoping..
we'll give into IT as it invites us to a new spaces and places
that might be scary or unusual or downright crazy...
IT meets us
and
whether others see the light
..
IT is there
moving around
in the atoms and electrons and spaces around us
and
it waits...
waits
for us to say...
Ah...I get it...
IT is you....
what you got...
Here am I---send me!
May each of us
awaken
to the wonder of
the
Extraordinary
and
be changed.
Go ahead--
let it wake you up
I double dog dare you!
blessings to you on this epiphany night!
The radical rambler
posted by pleemiller @ 8:50 PM
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1 Comments:
This is a great post to read as I'm getting ready to head back into the classroom after the long winter break. I am refreshed, recharged, and ready for an incredible third quarter. I hope my students are, too! I'm going to be looking for those lights to be going off all around them.
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