Contemplation

In a book I am reading, the author points out that we are perhaps to come to faith as a child, because children live in God's presense - the current moment - all the time, and have security in it, gratitude for it.

The author points out that to a very small child, everything is a surprise, a treat, a wonder.

I find that the more tuned in to the present moment I am, the more treats I find. Even with all the junk on the internet, I find something like this:

Nothing I've never seen before, but look at it! God created that, and the stars, and our fingernails, and trees and water and air and all the chemicals, and feelings.

There's so much *muchness* everywhere when we look for it. There are so many surprises inside of our mundane lives, if we would just crack them open and live them in the moment.

Thank you for the present moment, God. Thanks for letting me live it in a creation with so many, and so much. This is a wonderful life.