Too often I cram. Packing things into my life so there are no spaces, no pauses.
Iwantallofittoexperienceandknowandtouchandtasteandfeelanddobeforeitistoolateandallisgoneandthislifeisover.
“The pauses give resonance to the words we read…When life pressures us to put as much we can into a day, we start reducing the type, combining the paragraphs, editing out the spaces, eliminating the margins. And after awhile we stop reading.” ~Ken Gire
And I want to keep reading, to keep hearing and seeing, to keep listening.
“We may ignore, but we cannot evade, the presence of God. The world is crowded with him. He walks everywhere incognito. And the incognito is not always easy to penetrate. The real labor is to remember to attend.” ~Armand Nicholi
To attend, one must undertake the real labor of pausing. To make space around the moments, to see Him who walks everywhere.
“Be still and know that I am God.” ~Ps. 46:10
Lord, I attend by pausing today, making spaces around the words of my life…and so, find You.
