As January 2013 ends I am being reminded again of what was placed in my heart this year, to learn to love & listen, whether be it to God & loved ones, and be rekindled of what it means to live a life of love and not merely by the demands of responsibilities.
I've listened to a podcast that talks about living a life of awe, how children have this sense of awe towards their father and the things around them. And it stirs me to recall how I was so aware of the very ordinary things that exudes beauty which now I was too engrossed in my fast-paced life to notice. A frosty airplane window, the sunset, sky, sea winds, the way the light shines through a door to the tile and reflects to the ceiling, the way we enjoy life & laughed, a smile. :)
and lately it kept coming back to me, what it means to love You, maker of beauty, nature, work & life. Have I slowed down enough to recognise You in all my surroundings, have I made You my own, as much as You called me Yours.
So as the clock continues to tick, I know as life deepens & bonds with love with others; or from another perspective, as time ebbs away to the day closer & closer to meeting You face to face, I know I have intentionally & gladly made my life's direction pointing towards You. And when the day comes, I am not meeting a divine stranger, but like how a dancer recognises his long lost familiar dancing partner, how a child is so engrossed in his play and hears the familiar sound of dad coming home, knowing so clear I was made to love You, for now and for eternity.
