The Quote

I chose Karla Kincannon's words, "Stop. Listen. There is something sacred in this moment, and it is calling your name," as my first quote for Sensing the Sacred because they speak volumns to me! I thought they might to you as well.

Surely each moment is sacred...I believe this with all my heart...yet in the busyness of life, how often do we really stop and listen to God calling our name? We are a fast-paced society that has become caught in the web of a relentless busyness, and often imprisoned to our daily calendar. I'm afraid I have fallen too easily into this lifestyle, inspite of my own inner protests.

On a good day I will spend around 30 minutes before work reading my Bible,
meditating, praying, or simply opening myself up to listening to whatever it is that God longs to say to me. My confession is that these good days do not happen as often as I would like...even with the best of intentions.

I believe that the moment in which one finds onself in, is the one that is of the greatest concern. I have learned that it is a matter of who, and/or what, it is that has the strongest hold on my heart, and on my willingness to stop, lean in, and listening for the undeniable and unforgetable tender sound of God's voice speaking my name, that will determine today, tomorrow, all the days of my life.
How I respond...what I let control me...the sounds I choose to listen to...whose daily rhythm I allow myself to follow; these are the things that will have the say as to whether or not I will have grasped the sacredness of each moment.

gerrie