When we take time to meditate - consider - awesome events in the course of history - it all comes down to a single moment. A moment - a fraction of a minute - smaller than a single second - a time so small - insignificant - yet - very eventful. Everyone has had those moments - minutes - hours - days - spent considering the pros - cons - about a decision you had to make. Education - job selection - commitment to something - someone - marriage - a final decision. No matter how much time was spent - lingering over the decision - the final yay - nay - made in a split second.
When God decided to create the world - inhabitants - animals - people - made in a split second. The time for that decision to become reality - to materialize - much longer - in our way of counting time - years - thousands - millions - of years. Even those who are not religious - agree that the creation of the world began with a single spark - wherever that came from - an energy surge - some celestial event - the mind - will of God. In a micro-second that spark happened - what followed over time - creation of all life. When we reflect on our life during Lent - very often we are inspired by a thought - in a moment in time - in a micro-second - what we have done - good - bad. It is in that moment our spirit touches - the Divine. In that very tiny space of time we - understand. Although that moment lasts for such a short time - it does happen - an opening - a doorway - window - into our hearts. When that happens we pause - contemplate - reflect - invite Jesus into our hearts to investigate that thought. In those moments - Jesus is with us - encouraging us to go deeper - leading us to His Father - to Holiness. In that special - moment in time - some - not all - accept that invitation - choose to make their Lenten experience - significant.
Deacon Dale
