The Nearness of the Ordinary

Scripture  

Genesis 28:16 (NIV)  

When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought,  

“Surely the Lord is in this place,  

and I was not aware of it.”

Refrain  

God is here in the ordinary.

Poem  

Mary Oliver, from "Making the House Ready for the Lord"  

“Dear Lord, I have swept and I have washed  

but still nothing is as shining as it should be  

for you.  

Nevertheless,  

I am here,  

and I am trying.  

And every now and again,  

something so luminous rises inside me  

I am sure it is you arriving.”  

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