This is a humble place, a place of little things, almost unnoticed by most. And yet it is here and no place else that today my presence is to be found.
Blue Book 39 b
So, come Lent, you make a genuflection not so much of your knees but of your soul- and you say to yourself, well, here is where I cleanse my soul; here is where I spring-clean it; here is where I make it a place in which God can live.
Grace in Every Season (February 24)
There is a ‘revival’ happening in Kentucky, that most have heard of by now. It is drawing large crowds, and by all accounts there are good things happening there. People are hearing about Jesus and hopefully lives will be changed.
But while I sat at Eucharistic Adoration at my church last night with only a few others (and the number dwindled as the evening progressed), I wondered and prayed the words ‘why not here Lord…where You are truly present?’ The answer didn’t come to me until this morning when I did my spiritual reading and read the above passages.
I now see this grand happening as the ante room and not the ultimate destination, it is where some preparation happens before you can enter the main room. There are bands playing, and lots of hand raising experiences that definitely engage the emotions and can bring a great high.
But at some point a choice will have to be made, will the crowds choose to enter through the narrow gate. If they say yes, the room that they’ll be welcomed into is quiet and humble, and what they’ll experience there cuts deep into the soul… and sometimes they will sit alone, it doesn’t draw huge crowds …alone with the One who loves them best, alone with their Creator.
I pray they say yes…