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Friends.
I let my hair down for this one - literally (as you can see from the photo). HA! I usually have it tied back, but today I set it free.
Anyways.
I just dropped a vlog post on YouTube where I wonder about some things regarding experiences with God and spiritual growth.
Like, what if we don’t have to go somewhere special to experience God?
And.
What if no "mountaintop experiences" are necessary for deeper faith?
And.
What if by trying to escape the mundane we end up missing out on some intimitate moments with God?
For a long time, I thought encountering God meant getting away from ordinary life - going on retreats, traveling somewhere, finding solitude, or having some kind of extraordinary spiritual experience.
And those experiences mattered to me - they helped, they mattered, they had a hand in shaping me and my faith in many (really good) ways.
BUT.
As I’ve gotten older and now find myself at (almost) 45 with a 9 year old daughter and having been married for 16 years.
Well.
I’ve started to wonder if I’ve been looking for God in the wrong places.
Why?
Because, maybe God can be experienced uniquely on a Tuesday morning.
Like.
Maybe God is present when we’re packing a lunch, washing dishes, mowing the lawn, sitting with someone we love, watching the sunset ... or even when we mess up, apologize, and experience forgiveness.
Amen?
Amen.
In this vlog post I reflect a bit on how I’m learning to stop trying to escape the mundane so that I can (instead) become fully present to it because maybe the sacred isn’t somewhere else ... maybe God is already here, in the midst of it all.
You can check out the video HERE.
Much love.
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