“What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is no spiritual treasure to be found apart from the bodily experiences of human life on earth. My life depends on engaging the most ordinary physical activities with the most exquisite attention I can give them. My life depends on ignoring all touted distinctions between the secular and the sacred, the physical and the spiritual, the body and the soul. What is saving my life now is becoming more fully human, trusting that there is no way to God apart from real life in the real world.”
― Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith
So often we forget that our "everyday lives" can and should be used as a means to experience God, both in times of joy and sorrow. When "exquisite attention" is given to the profoundly simple actions of our daily lives we are then able to fully live into a life where God can be seen, heard, and experienced among our daily routines.
Almighty Creator and Sustainer, continue to open our minds, hearts, and souls so that we may not only feel your Holy presence, but that we may engage your very presence in all that we do. Amen.
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