ABOVE AND BEYOND

PRAYER MOMENT

Wednesday 2 October 2013

ABOVE AND BEYOND

Pause.  Rejoice in the presence of God and in his love.

Reading. “My angel will go before you.” (Exod 23:20-23)

Reflection. ABOVE AND BEYOND was the message on the back of a kombi I noticed yesterday in town. I thought it was a spiritual message but a friend pointed out it probably just meant the owner claimed his kombi was above others and went beyond them in performance! Our days are often full of double messages; one on the surface and one hidden from our first glance. This one, for instance, suggests to me that our ordinary daily life is loaded with traces of a life “above and beyond” what our eyes can see and our ears can hear. God is at work in everything and we can tune in and see and hear what he is doing. Our belief in angels comes from occasional references in the bible to God sending a messenger to a person to guide them or tell them something important. The former happened to Tobias, the latter to Mary. And in similar ways he works in all our lives.   

Prayer. Lord, teach us to be sensitive to your action each day in our lives and to see above and beyond what we perceive at first. Amen