Traveling across so many time zones I sometimes forget where I am and even, ‘when’ I am. I’m rushing to make a meeting only to realize that it’s still hours away in the other time zone.  But no matter where I am, I always remember whose I am, and whose everyone I meet is. God is everywhere, all the time.

I am constantly blessed by people and circumstances, finding myself in the middle of God-incidences which lift my spirit and connect me with people and places across space and time.

I feel this most often as I gather with God’s people for communion across the world. I may not know the language but I know the words, the love, the grace.  My joy at the cloud of witnesses that surrounds me at the bread and cup grows even bigger. My heart, my joy, my hope and my thanks grow with it.

Read Hebrews 12:1-2, and remember: God loves YOU unconditionally!

Mike Shank