TheMoment

I just got done speaking to a group of parents as I was dropping off my children for one of their many sporting events they are involved in.  As I was chatting, a question of faith came up and it took us down a long and deep conversation.  As our theological conversation was in its deepest another parent was sharing how her child was going to have to have surgery for a procedure that left me, as a man, trembling, something to do with intestines and a scrotum and….well, enough said!  It was amazing the depth of both conversations.  One was heady and difficult to comprehend, the other was very real and (for me) GROSS.  Both, however, are things that as humans we deal with every day.  We think deep thoughts of God and the universe, but then have to face the reality of our limited human bodies and the things that they endure.  It was funny how my mind was caught up in heavenly thoughts, but how quickly I was slapped back into the reality of life.  We cannot and should not try to escape either.  Some of us keep seeking the perfect world, while others of us are so caught up in our humanness that we feel no escape.  What God offers is something in the middle.  We are told to live in this life, to deal with the STUFF of this life and to care for the needs of this world.  We cannot escape the sin, the evil, the questions and the temptations of this world nor the day to day limitations of being human.  However, we can also hold onto the promise of salvation and hope of what is to come. 

TAKE A MOMENT and think of heavenly thoughts and mysteries but be honest about your humanity!