The Extraordinary Dirt Under Our Feet

 

Take the sandals

        off your feet,

for the place on which

     you are standing

is holy ground.

             Exodus 3. 5

(Wherever we are today,

wherever God leads,

we are divinely appointed,

strategically placed,

sacredly called,

            even here,

   to be faithful to God.

Even in this situation,

    God abides with us,

no matter the wilderness

        or our kitchen.

How differently would we see

   this place

   or even ourselves,

if we remembered

the sacredness of this moment

     or square foot of holy ground.

Even right here in the ordinary

     or way-out-there extraordinary,

   He is with us.

God is doing a mighty work

of which we are 

            mostly unaware.)

O LORD,

Help us to honor You

wherever You place us today.

Help us to pay attention

to where we are standing

  and the sacredness of

  this time and place

  and divine encounters.

Nothing is random in it at all.

Even the wilderness

   is full of wonders

           bursting forth.

Grant us the eyes to see,

ears to listen,

   and the heart to respond.