Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Late Night Revelation

Pax Christi vobiscum! Come Holy Spirit!

So I was praying tonight (yes, it does happen from time to time) down in the chapel, and I had a bit of a revelation. Basically, God is always trying to speak to us. Always. But we have to seek Him to hear His voice.

Much like a t.v. that is left on in the other room, God's voice can be heard here and there when we are not distracted by other noises or other tasks. We just sort of pick it up in the background, but to us it remains only a constant stream of garbled noise. When we move towards the room where the sound is coming from, each step reveals that the garbled noise is actually something meaningful, a message of some sort, though it still remains unclear. When we arrive in the room at last, it becomes clear what that message is and who is speaking it. As with the t.v., the difference in our understanding comes from our closeness to Him, but He is always speaking.

Though I should note that His message is a bit more important than the ones on t.v.--just a bit.

God bless, and please pray for my presentation on the Gospel of Mark tomorrow! And please don't tell my Bishop that I was up late the night before a major presentation!