Allow me

please to share with you a bit of timeless food for

thought:

...God

created man in His own image, in the image of God He

created him; male and female He created them. Genesis

1:27

And God

said to Moses, "I am who I am." Exodus 3:14

I want to

attempt to share with you the reasons I have chosen to

meditate a bit on those passages this week, but first I

must ask, what was the highlight of your week?

Think about

it.

What was

the highlight of your week?

Yes, I am

going to tell you about mine. In fact I'm going to

mention several highlights from the past week. But I do

so only to encourage you to pause and consider the

highlights of your week.

Highlight

number one:

Survived

game five.

Highlight

number two:

Shared with

special friends an awesome pot of chili, made with fresh,

never frozen, ground venison, as we welcomed the first

chill of the season.

Highlight

number three:

Had lunch

with Tamela Ragsdale. Found in her a kindred spirit.

Couldn't believe the many things we have in common. For a

brief moment we connected in the knowledge that we are

not alone in the universe.

Highlight

number four:

Watched

eight deer play in the front pasture for an hour, while I

was so sure my husband, who was sitting in a tree stand

overlooking the back pasture, was seeing no activity.

Turned out he saw 13 deer the same evening, but he didn't

shoot one that day. He just watched with his binoculars

and enjoyed the moments.

Highlight

number five:

Spent a

spectacular evening with Dylan. We drew pictures and

talked and listened to music. Even danced to a couple of

numbers. When we grew tired he found a little book that I

used to read to his dad a few years back, and asked that

I read it to him. He strained to follow each word as I

read slowly, running my finger along the lines. When I

reached the end, he said, "Oh, please read it again,

Grangan!" as he slipped his little 5-year-old arm up

over and around my shoulders. I knew in that moment that

I would read forever if that's what he wanted.

Please note

that not a single highlight happened solely because of

any one hat I wear, any one role I play, any one title I

may have, or one job I may do.

Yes, I

wear, I play, I have, and I do. But the sum of all that

and more can never quite add up to the fact that I am.

Not who I am or what I am, just that I am.

And you?

What do you do? What is your job? Your responsibilities?

Are you married or single? A parent? A grandparent? A

friend? A neighbor? Whatever title you may hold, whatever

activity you may participate in, whatever the

circumstances may be in which you find yourself from day

to day, they are not you. You are more.

Is it the

days, weeks, years that make up what we call life, or is

it all in the moment?

The present

moment.

What else

happened this past week? Much. There were alarm clocks

every morning. Phones to answer all day. Appointments to

keep. Deadlines to meet.

But that's

okay because I had my moments.

Let it

never be said that we do not have time to live the

moments. Let's strive to make the present moment one we

would be proud to call our last. Anything less is not

good enough.

And let us

never attempt to define God by who we think He is, or

what we think He does. He is more. Far more. And if we do

not invite Him to share the moments, how can we expect to

share with Him our lives?

Hope I have

not lost you with my rambling today. But it's okay if I

have, as long as you are doing a little rambling of your

own by now.

Life is

precious. It is a gift. It is to be appreciated. Savored.

Lived. And we must do it all in the present moment.

Anything less just is not enough.