TOTD, June 25

He Is God and He Is Here

PRACTICE SAYING “GOD IS HERE” the next time you are assaulted by your neighbors’ quarreling, see someone carelessly toss trash from a car, get drenched in an unexpected rainstorm, or bite into a mealy and tasteless apple. From his own experience, Saint Francis of Assisi learned that the deeper lessons of God came when one embraced all things, even that which isn’t beautiful. When we turn our attention to both delightful and painful ways God can get to us through our senses, we discover yet another way to pray in the midst of our daily lives.

- Jane E. Vennard with Stephen D. Bryant
Companions in Christ: The Way of Prayer Participant’s Book ( Upper Room Website).

Like St. Francis of Assisi, let’s learn that the deeper lessons of God came when one embraced all things---event that which isn’t beautiful. Let’s keep on believing that He is God and He is here. Now and forever. Amen. (-fon-)

Remember the former things, those of long ago;
I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me.

--- Isaiah 46:9