Last week, I was out in Berkeley, CA, and I attended a lecture series on the topic, "Spiritual but not Religious: Chasing the Divine." The very first speaker talked a little bit about that tagline "Chasing the Divine." And I couldn't help but think, 'Why the chase? God is here already.'We talk about following Jesus...and I suppose a chase is a frantic sort of following....trying really hard to be a good disciple.
But what if we just stop.
Take a breath.
There - right there - God in our midst.
We are with God; God is with us.
Yes, we follow, and maybe sometimes it feels a little frantic. But it seems to me that the key is to slow down - to not run so fast - to recognize that God is already with us.
So let's stop the chase and just breathe. And there God is, waiting for us.
posted by Marsha.
