God Be With You

I find myself struggling to wrap my brain around this quote from C.S. Lewis because so many human interactions are the reverse. 

We forget so often in our relationships that we are human beings, not human doings.  We forget so often the best thing we have to offer, is simply ourselves.

   

This is when we need to remember that God is not an overtaxed administrator, buried in paperwork, behind on e-mail, so stressed that you hardly dare knock on the door. 

God is the one knocking on our door, hoping we will hear the call to come and eat a meal together.

“God be with..” seems to be the preamble of so many of my prayers lately as they fall from my lips.

So today, I hope you can find yourself in these words:

God be with you as you start a new job.

God be with you as you as you get up and go to the same job, day after day, even when you’d like a different one, even when it’s hard.

God be with you as you parent.

God be with you in your infertility and your longing.

God be with you in your marriage.

God be with you in your singleness.

God be with you in your brimming joy.

God be with you in your depression.

God be with you in your youth.

God be with you as you age.

God be with you in your health and abundance.

God be with you in your sickness and loss.

God be with you when the sun shines and the gentle breeze blows.

God be with you in the storm.

God be with you when you gather with friends.

God be with you when you eat alone.

God be with you in your busyness.

God be with you in your rest.

God be with you today.

Amen.