Kirsten here. I just did a “Kirsten wave” to all you blog
readers and if you know me, you know what that means. So I have decided that I
am a conversational blogger, as in I am just writing this kind of like I talk,
not mulling over word choices or anything, just going. Hope that’s okay, because that’s the way it
is J
I am typing this blog from a
crowded coffee shop. It is an excellent
place to people watch. On top of that, I
am sitting here with earphones in, but not listening to any music, so I can
hear what’s going on around me. There
are all kinds of people around. People
who come to do serious studying, people who come for the coffee, people who
come to visit with friends, and people who come with the intention of studying,
but easily get distracted by coffee and friends. One girl is sitting by the window shopping
for purses and I think a job interview is being conducted behind me. Does this make me a creeper? I feel like a creeper. Oh well.
Anyway, the point is that there
is a lot going on in this coffee shop and there even more happening that I
don’t see and perhaps unconsciously ignore….
Here, watch this video…….
If you have seen that one before
and it was too easy for you, watch this one…..
How did you do?
There are a few other interesting
studies that these researches conducted.
They all make me feel kind of dumb for missing things, but it begs the
question, how much stuff do I miss in my day to day life?
Talking in a more spiritual
sense, these tests make me question how often I miss God’s beauty, His actions
and His guidance in my day to day life.
In the videos, it is much easier
to catch the gorilla and the other changes made after you are told about them
and re-watch the video. In the same way,
it is easier to see how God has worked in our lives retrospectively.
The truth is that God is always
at work in our lives whether we acknowledge it or not. What might I see when I actually open my eyes
and look for Him working in the world? I
might see his joy and his love through others and through all kinds of
situations. I could see it and
immediately thank and praise God for it, without waiting until I take the time
to reflect upon it (which actually happens very seldom with me). We may not be
in the Garden of Eden, taking a walk with our heavenly Father every day, but His
presence is real. The Holy Spirit is with us always.
“If you love me, you will keep my
commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to
be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,
because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you
and will be in you. I will not leave you
as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a
little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I
live, you also will live. In that day
you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.” -- John
14:15-20
This week, don’t just be a part
of the coffee shop world. The world
where so much goes unnoticed. The world
that does not see or know. I challenge
you to open your eyes and your heart to the Spirit and see what He is doing in
your life.
The Spirit of Peace and Truth be with you!
-Kirsten
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