This week’s reflection comes from Delores Schwartzentruber, one of the Elders of WMC.
To begin today’s reflection I have a story to share. Visiting my mother-in-law Martha, on speaker phone from the sidewalk as we looked at one another through her window of her apartment, she shared some of her struggles after returning from hospital and being in the middle of 14 days of quarantine. She told me how the other day, feeling particularly low, she had reached for a blank lined book that she had in her possession and felt she should write down some of her feelings. There in the front of the book she discovered a small square piece of paper written by her late husband Gerald. It was a reflection of his feelings with words of comfort and assurance of how the Lord provides for our needs. These words felt like they were raining down on me from above as the raindrops were starting to literally rain down. Martha received exactly what she needed when she read his words. I stood in the rain of this holy moment and thanked God for his marvelous presence.
What are your stories of God’s comfort and assurance at a time when you needed it? Did they come at a time or form that surprised you? How do we open our eyes to see, our ears to hear, our hearts to feel and be attentive to his loving care? What holy moments have you been attentive to in these days of physical distancing and isolation? While it might be easy to see God in the midst of extraordinary circumstances, it is sometimes difficult to detect him in the ordinary events of our lives. But that is exactly where you and I live. Wherever you are God is with you.
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass. (Psalm 37: 4-5)
Let us Pray: Give us the eyes to see, the ears to listen, the heart to feel, and the hands and legs to join in your good work. May we be attentive to all the blessings you rain down on each one of us even in unexpected ways. May we be ready and expectant to be surprised even in the ordinary events of our lives. Amen