An Iris in West LA
Thank you God, for flowers standing all alone — calling out STOP — LOOK AT ME! And I did! I came to a full stop and got out my camera to capture it. Mind You, God, my daughter, Suzanne, looked at the photo and observed that it had made the purple blue too pastel. Perhaps it did.
But, of course, the point wasn’t really the capture — it was the appreciation. There is a Japanese word that basically means — that which is MORE beautiful because it is fleeting. So for me to appreciate this iris — to admire it — is to appreciate YOUR WORK, YOUR WORLD, YOUR CREATION.
All of this, all of us, set in the context of TIME. This lovely iris is glowing and yet it is only for a few days. I think it was in Madeleine L’Engle’s book, A Wind in the Door, where she asserts that Size doesn’t matter. And I think, perhaps, Time doesn’t matter either. I don’t think You see TIME that same way we do. We are IN it. YOU CREATED IT. The best I can do, God, is to think that to You Time may look like a sphere.
I’m sitting here, smiling at myself. Imagine me trying to see things (especially TIME) from Your perspective. But then, maybe that isn’t so silly. Your Perspective is Love!
I never feel that as strongly as when I am praying with someone. Then is seems as if I get caught up in YOUR perspective — just a bit more aware — of the FLOW of YOUR LOVE. A bit more Aware of Your overwhelming compassionate attention in which we live and move and have our Being.
Thank You, God. Thank YOU! And, oh, yes! Help me to accept Your Invitation to Join You in Your Compassionate Attention to all creatures, great and small.
Story teller,
A Moment with God 
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