I’ve never lived anywhere without light pollution. So one night in Madagascar I decided to lay on the beach and gaze at the stars in the southern hemisphere until I could not keep my eyes open any longer. I felt like a foreigner looking up into the galaxy of stars always there for me to see but obscured from my view. I did fall asleep but I never got tired of the view.
Light pollution is a good metaphor for the things that get in the way of our seeing what God desires us to see.
Often it can be seemingly good things like family, busy responsibilities or listening to the news that obscure our sense of direction from God but it can be our addictions or unhealthy habits that keep us from seeing the light that is right there all the time.
Epiphany is a sudden new awareness of God’s grace, mercy, love and forgiveness that have always been available. We see this most clearly in Jesus’ teachings and life. Like the stars if we open our awareness, clear the field, be still, wait, and hope what is always present will appear.
How are you polluting your vision of God? What gets in the way of your sensing God with you? How can your life become a source of direction for others to see the truth and find God’s perfect love is available for them in any moment?
With you on the journey
