Friday, November 28, 2008

Living in the Present

11:17 AM by Christi Bowman

Someone asked me how things were going the other day, and my response caught me off guard. I said "GREAT things are going GREAT...I am finding myself in a new phase of life." The "great" part did not capture my attention, God has been more than abundantly good to me this past year...it was my off the cuff "new phase of life" comment that rolled off my tongue that caught me by surprise. In hindsight I have always been able to look back and recognize when a "new phase of life" began, but I have never been able to presently acknowledge the feeling of actively being brought into a "new phase of life."

I am experiencing and living life in the present! I am learning in the present! I am changing in the present! I am not in the all to familiar place where I must look back at my life and acknowledge the presence of a God I do not possess the ability to sense or know in the now. I know Him, see Him, and can acknowledge His presence right now! I am experiencing Him in everything I participate in...whether it is parenting, friendship, relationship or sex. I am able to understand His design and learn more about Him and His character and His interaction with us through His creation, His gifts, and His sacraments.

I listen, I can hear Him, and through Him I have the ability to respond to His guidance right now. I learn, and I change...in the present. For the first time I find myself in a place where I am NOT having to learn the hard way.

I LOVE this place...there is freedom to really LIVE here and to enjoy the LIFE He gave me!

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