God Sightings

Earth's crammed with heaven,

And every common bush afire with God,

But only he who sees takes off his shoes;

The rest sit round and pluck blackberries. (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

God is everywhere.  His presence fills the world.  Earth is indeed “crammed with heaven.”  It is ironic, then, that we so often fail to see it and behold it.  We look at burning bushes and only see blackberries.  Seeing God’s presence takes practice and intentionality.  That’s why we’re asking you to take the month of May to be on the lookout, to keep your eyes peeled for signs of God’s presence.  Rarely is it in a burning bush.  It might be in a flaming sunset or a powerful thunderstorm.  It could be in a friend who brings just the encouragement you need.  It might be a set of circumstances so perfect that only God could have pulled it off.

God sightings need to be shared.  Not only do they encourage you, they encourage our church family too.  We have paper glasses in the sanctuary for you to jot down your God sightings and put them on the board in the Commons.  We’re going to make sure that we don’t just sit around and pick blackberries.  We will take off our shoes, because this is holy ground.  Please keep your eyes open this week to the ways that God is present and write them down on Sunday.  You can also click here to share it with us and we’ll write it down for you.