Amazement
water color by Jamie Winter
Our goal should be to live
life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a
way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything
is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel*
God of gods, Lord of kings, Revealer
of mysteries ~
Being amazed when I get up in the morning
isn't usually first on my list of things to do although some mornings it's
amazing I've gotten that far. But before I know it the day has gone and I've
missed it. The way I'm going, my whole life will be gone and I really don't
want to wait until that specific moment to discover what true amazement is
all about.
God of Creation, so much time has passed t0o quickly and I want to experience this life and all
that is in it as an act of radical amazement. You have hung the
heavens, filled the seas, planted the earth and gave us and all living creatures the breath of our lives. Help me see, feel, hear,
taste, touch, and know the spiritual wonder in every possible moment...in
the moments that are joyful, in the moments when I am lost, and in the moments
that are so ordinary they seem to meld into the next without notice. Grant me,
each day, the vision to see the splendor, the ability to savor each breath, and
the insight to expand my consciousness of amazement as my spirit absorbs and
lives into the essence of You. amen.
*Abraham Joshua Heschel [1907-1972], a Polish born American philosopher,
theologian, and rabbi is considered one
of the leaders of his disciplines in the 20th century. He authored many books
and was a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of
America. A strong advocate of the American Civil Rights movement, Heschel lost
close family members in the Nazi Holocaust of World War II.
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