When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.”
Holy ground
Sacred space
Inviting intimacy
Facilitating vulnerability
Cultivating call
For even when our awareness is
of God who is the ground of our being
inhabiting every moment
present in every breath
still we are compelled
to turn aside
to glimpse that which is beyond
our familiar sightings.
Compelled
to turn aside
to glimpse afresh
the intriguing
mischievous
butt kicking
playful
God
who knows when we have settled for less
when we have resigned ourselves
to a life that brings peace
but not fulfilment
or the abundance God desires for us
God knows
or the abundance God desires for us
God knows
when we are riding the car ferry
rather than the coracle
because we fear we are not enough
or even too much...
because we fear we are not enough
or even too much...
God shakes up our complacency
and offers new perspective
but only when we risk
stepping off the well worn
and perhaps hard won track
so that we might glimpse
an unimaginable future
that can only be forged
in partnership
with a pyromaniacal God.
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