Grape arbor on the Mosel River. Photo: by Ann Peters

Well, God, it is good to be reminded that it isn’t just trees that bring forth fruit. Vines do too. In fact, now that I think about it Sequoias don’t even have edible seeds.

And, there I was — evaluating by how useful a plant is to humans.  You see things — sequoias, stars, grape vines through Your Eyes, so to speak.

I am sitting here, poised on the edge of asking You WHY sequoias get to live so much longer than we do.  But then, I thought about Heaven — or The Here After.

Once again, tripped up by my human perspective.  Some how, as Madeleine L’Engle says in her book A Wind In The Door, SIZE DOESN’T MATTER.  Size and length of life — wealth and health — all sorts of things don’t seem really to matter.  After all, YOU look on THE HEART.

I don’t think we GET IT!  If we did get it, if we really understood that You are looking into our HEARTS wouldn’t our lives be different?  Wouldn’t small kindnesses seem far more important — more meaningful. Wouldn’t I work at CONFESSING on a regular basis?  Work at discarding false values?

Yes!  I would EXAMINE my DAY at the end of it.  I would be Keeping short accounts with myself and YOU.  I would make more room in my life for love — for loving and listening and appreciating.  Hmmm.  I have this huge one-page-a-day calendar that Suz encouraged me to get. I could use it, couldn’t I.  After all, Jesus said it isn’t what goes into us that makes us unclean, but what comes OUT OF US!  I could reflect on what’s coming out of me, couldn’t I. . . I might even catch a glimpse of How You See Us. . . or me . . . scary thought.

But that is my human “judging” perspective, isn’t it!  YOU LOVE US!  YOU WANT TO NOURISH OUR HEARTS!  And You want us to join You in nourishing the hearts of those around us too.

About a moment with god

Story teller,