Do you see God? I was thinking about Old Testament stories and these came to mind. Remember Moses and the burning bush and the fact that it was not consumed. Moses knew this was God appearing to him. Or as the Israelites were following Moses through the wilderness to the Promised Land and they were led by a cloud by day and fire by night. God leading them? Another would be the story of Jacob wrestling with an angel.  Jacob and many others believed his story to be an encounter with God. Do you remember reading about Abraham being visited by three men? Abraham knew he was being addressed by God.

So, did they see God? Do you see God? Do I see God? If I close my eyes in meditation and quiet solitude, I do feel His presence. In the happiest of moments, weddings, births, I sense Him. My boys both have brilliant blue eyes, when I look at them and into their eyes, again I sense Him being a part of them. Flowers in a field, or wildflowers growing along a highway, watching as they seem to flutter from barely a breeze, again, I feel Him there. Is “feeling” or “sensing” His presence the same as “seeing” God?  My understanding is I will see God after I leave this earth. Until that time comes, I do believe I have seen Him in the goodness of others, in kind acts of giving, in treasured life-changing moments, in the beauty of nature. My heart believes that you too have “seen” God, and in so many ways. He loves us unconditionally and “appears” all around us daily.  Be present. Be thank-filled and praise Him. God is there. Open your heart to “see” Him.

Jill