I have thought about this word all quite a bit today,
pondering what I should post and what picture I could use. I began with the verb, to look. What can represent looking? It occurred to me that used in everyday
context, most of the time our attention is drawn to look at something. Look at
that. Look at me! Look at this. It is a direction to call our attention to _________ (fill
in the blank).
But, this being a reflective piece, I challenged myself to
look beyond the obvious. What do we see when we aren’t looking
for something? Or phrased
differently, what do we miss when we are only looking for something in
particular. When we focus our
attention on details that are most often ignored, we see the whole picture, and
our subject of interest is brought into the context in which it is placed,
gathering meaning, wholeness, and depth.
God is at work in this world. God is at work in every creepy crawly thing beneath the
earth, every flower that brings color to creation, and (yes New England) every
snowflake that flutters to the ground.
God is at work in every person that passes on the street, every child in
a playground, every friend met for tea.
God is active. Sometimes
though when our focus is immediate, we miss God’s marvelous works infiltrating
every aspect of our lives.
I chose a Where’s Waldo cartoon for today. In this puzzle we are challenged to
LOOK, to find Waldo amidst the intentional distractions. Can you find him? What else is happening in this picture? Do your eyes skim frantically for the
familiar red and white stripes? Or
do you examine each person, pausing before moving to the next? How do you look?
The beach scene was intentional. Ahhh don’t we wish for a warm summer day :)
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