From the instant you wake up in the morning to the moment you close your eyes to sleep in the evening, there are many ways to experience God’s presence in everyday things. I list here 10 possibilities. You may add more.
1. As you wake up in the morning, slowly unwrap yourself from your blanket. Imagine Jesus unbinding you from all the negative emotions you experienced the previous day.
2. As you take a bath, apply a cleansing agent in the parts of your body that need healing (for example, your hands for stealing something, your feet for running away from someone who needed your help, mouth for gossiping, etc.) and let every touch be a supplication for God’s forgiveness.
3. While you put on fresh clothes, be aware of the sensation of the clothes next to your skin, and remind yourself that God touches you even more intimately.
4. At the breakfast table, share food with your companions in the house. Remember that Jesus broke bread with his disciples and asked them to do it in his memory.
5. As you hurry to work, be ready for small surprises – a coin on the sidewalk, newspapers reporting positive news, a smile from a beggar – and know that you are always surrounded with God’s gentle, abundant presence.
6. While doing your routine work, take the time to inhale and exhale slowly. Inhale what you need from God (fulfillment, forgiveness, marital bliss, inner peace, etc) and exhale the opposite (boredom, hatred, anger, disgust, etc).
7. After taking lunch, sit in your favorite chair and allow yourself to be lulled by God.
8. Once the work is over for the day, be with your significant other and spend time to look at him/her in the eyes. Smile and whisper your words of love.
9. On your way back home, walk slowly to restore your inner harmony and to delight in the fact that God always journeys with you.
10. As you go to bed in the evening, cover yourself with your favorite blanket to feel the protection of God’s embrace.
Gospel Acclamation of the Day: "If anyone loves me, he will hold to my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him." (Jn 14:23)
hmmmnn, i’m enticed with no. 8. If i may add @ home: Consider sharing your best thoughts to the ones you love and feel God’s shroud of love within.
thanks for reminding me of the little things that REALLY matter. i am in the office now (breaktime) and this really helped brighten my dull and cold morning. thanks, thanks, thanks.
thanks a lot!
hugs,
isay
nice possibilities…
my only comment on no.8 is… what if the significant person is miles away ?
I’m back! Actually, I just needed a reason to feel good on this cold and rainy morning — and this blog somehow gave me solace. A-miga’s question made me smile too. Here’s a big SMILE
from the Philippines!!!
something to add: everytime that my clock alarms… i thank God for giving another day to live…
thanks for this.. Im here at work totally bored…thanks for making me smile.
Thanks for all your comments. Ms B and Karina, thanks for adding two more items to the list. A-miga, if your significant other is miles away then a text message or a phone call will do. Ski, Im glad this post brought warmth to your otherwise cold day. Isay and Gail, you are welcome.
if i may add, too – as you go start to work, you meet at the passageway the person who maligns you and then think of the thousands who had condemned Jesus. that could not equal the pain you are experiencing. you thank God that He gives you the strength to go on with work, and an understanding of the many things that are sometimes unfathomable.
this is BEAUTIFUL! God bless!
hey you, long time no hear. i like this. very beautiful and so true. just checking in with you.
you too. don’t forget to take care of you. as you yourself is God’s blessing and needed a prayer or two.
take care of you….
almost forgot to add… i have just said a prayer or two for you.
thank you for those precious moments that you’ve helped me grow. most of all, for your patience with me.
God will bless you always.
Stay faithful. He loves you.
hello
ive heard about this site…a friend of mine told me about this, thnks for having such a wonderful site…hope you will continue to share the word of… GOD…god bless you and more power !!!
stephanie
thanks Father for passing your prayerful thoughts to us here in Holland. we miss the sessions with you but not really anymore… becasue your only an email away .thanks for sending us all what we still need to know about christian living. we shall perhaps use some of it discussing after the prayer meetings or an extended sessions of our prayer meeting. see you sometime again here in Holland. everybody says regards.
its nice to be back here again father and thnk you so much for making this site into more beautiful ..since im off to phils for almost 6 mnths, now im back and happy to see that u have made changes in this site ….each day of my life i give thnks and pray to God for everything that He had given to me …May the Lord gives you more strenght to go on with your mission father…..
Thanks a lot for the reminder. Sometimes these are
routinary things which you overlook.
Keep it up. Nindot gyud kaayo imo website. I am
always excited to read words coming from you.
God bless….
Thanks for sending me these tips – HOW TO TURN….I guess it will help me to reflect…especially that we will be having our retreat nxt week. Can you say a little prayer for me? As of now, am preparing for my trips to Chicago, India then Indonesia. kaya para na akong mabuang…I have to make a lot of reports…grabe na 2!!!! haaayyyyy….naku….!!!
Want to hear some feedbacks after the seminar?
Hnmmmm….they gave you a rate of 5 which means perfect. Sulit ano? naakkss!!! okay ciao…ci sentiamo dopo e Dio ti benedica per sempre.
TRUE!!!
tnx…it will help me especially now that i already have a job…i’d b less stressed knowing that GOD IS ALWAYS THERE WITH ME…NOTHING TO WORRY!!!