The best part of my time of liberation last week was visiting a convent in Cincinnati. The convent (or you could call it a retreat house) is part of the Vineyard church. An awesome married couple, Dave and Jody, live there and run the house. We arrived Thursday afternoon and left Friday around 11am. We spent our time there reading, sipping tea, walking around the Vineyard church (where we took the stain glass pictures), napping, and enjoying the hospitality of Dave and Jody. The house was completely quiet because we were the only ones visiting. It's very refreshing to have no electronics, no distractions, and forced peace.
I hope you are taking time this Holy week to contemplate the events leading up to Jesus' resurrection. Doug and I read the story of the last supper to the kids before our meal last night and we passed around a wine glass of grape juice and a bread roll for the part when Jesus told the disciples about his upcoming death. Spencer was very reluctant to drink the juice because he thought it was wine. Spencer added to the story that God had to wear a crown of thorns (he is starting to remember what he learns at Sunday school:)
This week I was hit by when Jesus wept over Jerusalem after being welcomed into the city by the waving of palm branches. He wept and foretold the city would be destroyed eventually because the people didn't recognize the coming of God.
Do we recognize the coming of God in our lives? We have eyes that just see the physical and filter our thoughts with knowledge and common sense. Are you open to seeing with eyes for the spiritual and trusting your imagination to God?
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