ECCLESIOLOGICAL ETCHINGS
January 5, 2024
The poet and 17th-century social influencer John Milton wrote, “Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies.” I wonder how many people go through life waiting for some over-the-top extravaganza of an epiphany, only to miss hundreds and hundreds of what Milton called “everyday epiphanies”? There is something to the notion of gratitude providing us a lens through which we are able to see more clearly these epiphanies, or what some might call God-moments. There are those who suggest it is God breaking into a moment in time, yet I believe God is fully present in every moment. So the breaking that occurs is more of a breakthrough by which we are able to see the God who was and is always beckoning us and inviting us to follow. An epiphany!
My expectations and narrow vision need a breakthrough. Holy God, bring whatever tool is necessary to open wide my perspective so as to glimpse the fullness of your love that is forever before me. Amen.
