Saturday, June 6, 1998
Moments of Grace
For 20 years, I had been an agnostic, rejecting Christianity
as unreasonable. Then the grace of God opened up a new path to
me.
The God I found was not buried in any ancient manuscript but
was right here, right now, in everyday life, and moved through
everything in the universe, including me.
From my new perspective, the feel of the sun on my skin became
the kiss of God, the feel of the wind in my hair became the caress
of God, and the morning fog became the breath of God made visible.
I had been reading a book on Daoism that talked about Chi,
the life force, being the essence of God that moves through everything.
One night as I meditated on the presence of the Divine Oneness
in the light of the full moon, I could feel God in the air around
me.
Earlier I had been thinking that I would like to wear my entry
key from work around my neck on a chain long enough to allow me
to use it without taking it off, but it would never occur to me
to pray for something so simple.
As I was finishing the moon meditation, I saw something glistening
in the moonlight at my feet. It was a chain exactly like the one
I had pictured.
Perhaps it was only coincidence, but I felt as if God were
responding to me by saying, "I'm here, and I know even your
simplest, unspoken desires."
SHARON M. NORMAN
Abilene
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