Make Every Moment an offering to the Lord...

 

"Our deeds, no matter how insignificant they may feel, are replete with meaning, and of vast consequence, and… they constantly impact upon the unfolding story of the world, whether we know it or not."

~ N. Cave

8 May 2023: 

This is a picture of a rainbow I took while commuting home on a crowded bus yesterday. I noticed it while on a crowded bus, but had to "excuse me" my way to the window to get an uninterrupted shot. 

The thing is, I usually won't whip out my camera, hustle through crowd to take pictures. It's mostly sufficient for me to #savor the beauty with my eyes and soul.

That evening however, I felt led to do this. And as I took the picture, I overhead the pair of friends seated beside the window wondering what I was doing. My actions had interrupted their conversation and they took a #Pause and looked in the same direction as me.

Then they saw the rainbow. 

And I heard one of them comment to her friend: "Oh wow, a rainbow. I guess there really can be rainbow after rain." 

And her friend affirmed and encouraged her. "Yes, and I'm sure you will find your rainbow after the storm too."

I soon alighted the bus. But I was glad that through my choice to deliberately demonstrate my savoring, I was able to #serve others , impact in a small way these sojourners in life, to encourage their moment of #slowdown #savor and be encouraged in their soul. 

This moment, like all other moments in our lives, is an offering to the Lord. He can use every action and decision of His chosen people to seed His Kingdom purposes in every situation. All our moments are part of our #MissionWithTheMaster. 

 

May these friends eventually come to find the promised rainbow, not just for overcoming their immediate earthly problems, but the promise of Abundant Life through our Eternal God and our Savior Jesus Christ.

For "The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’" Acts 17:24-28