Sunday, February 14, 2016

#5 God Is Among Us

Lenten Writing Prompt #5
Where did you see God today?  Write details about your experience and what  you saw.

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  1. Doug Millar
    The Hands of God
    This weekend I invited a family that we do astronomy projects with, over to our house to discuss our next events and plans. Besides the mom and dad there are 13 year old and 7 year old daughters. We do a lot of sitting around and talking, all six of us, and a lot of playing with the gadgets that are part of my hobbies. At a lull in planning, told the girls I needed to make a scientific measurement on something and they could help me. They were excited. We all went in the garage to my laboratory. They like to turn everything on to see the numbers and lights. I set up the measurement equipment, but they got to screw all the cables together. It took a little guidance, but soon they were changing connectors and setting things up like pros. I was amazed as I watched their process of learning and how they taught their fingers to do what they wanted. The measurement turned out better than I expected and I pronounced them excellent scientists and told them the measurement was a success. We went back to the kitchen to celebrate with cookies and soft drinks.
    In reflecting on the experience, I kept thinking about fingers, and how amazing it was to watch someone learn something new. As I thought about the complexity of the process of dexterity, I saw it as part of a much larger web of design and purpose. I was part of an imminent and continual expression of God. I am kenotic by nature and look for God in his creation. But rather than finding it in a great vista in a passive way, here it was in the activity of young fingers that were reaching out to learn something that had been passed on to me by others. God’s mind and expression are not only something we look at like a painting, or admire in church. It can be activity we share and become part of. If we were not gifted with understanding, then it might be said that we were only made for God’s enjoyment, even entertainment. But we are given understanding, and that binds us both with the creation and the creator in a process that extends through time.

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  2. I remember how fun it was (and is for my girls) to flip switches and turn knobs. My specialty was getting it to spin through all the stations in 10 seconds ; )

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    1. It made me happy to share it with you, no matter the level. <3

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