Where do you go to meet the Lord? Where do you sit at His feet?
Today, I had an early morning meeting with a sweet sister and I felt so in awe of her testimony to God’s faithfulness. I was sitting in a coffee house with people all around us and Prince singing Purple Rain in the background, but I felt like I was sitting at the feet of Jesus, listening to how marvelous and miraculous the Father is. I met Him there sitting in a simple yellow chair with a table made of broken up tiles. And I was blown away.
Then I got up, went to my car and drove a few blocks down the road to spend some time with Him in the little chapel filled with grace and peace. There in the silence, basking in the glow of His Eucharistic Presence, I laid my burdens down. I thanked Him for His wake up call yesterday and the glimpses He had given me into answered prayers.
After I opened the Scriptures and read the readings for Tuesday, I felt a nudge to just be still and quiet. That is so hard for me. You too? It’s almost impossible to shut my mind down. I try and it works for like 30 seconds, before I start wanting to talk again. Or my mind goes off to what we need at the store. It’s a never ending battle. But, I worked at it. I just kept staring at Him, asking for the Grace to see Him clearly. I used some imaginative prayer and pictured Him sitting across from me smiling.
My eyes drifted back down to the scripture in my lap and I saw this. “Blessed are those who dwell in your house, O Lord; they never cease to praise you.” Psalm 84:5
At that moment, I realized that I was in His house. The house that Samuel predicted would be built by David’s heir and that it would stand FIRM FOREVER. Over and over in the readings today, that FIRM foundation is mentioned.
2 Samuel 7: 13, 16
And I will make his royal throne firm forever.
Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me; your throne shall stand firm forever.
Psalm 89: 26
He shall say of me, You are my father, my God, the Rock, my savior. Forever I will maintain my kindness toward him, and my covenant with him stands firm.
Romans 4 talks about Abraham being our father in the faith and that our foundation is built on this.
And Joseph, whose feast day we celebrate, was the rock and foundation that Jesus needed here on earth as he cared for the Holy Family. He listened to the angel, he walked the hard road, and he made a home for the Lord in Nazareth. Matthew 1:16-24
I sat there at His feet, hearing Him remind me that I was home and that I could rest in the firm foundation of my Church. Not because it is perfect, but because He is.
Two totally different locations, but in both, Grace allowed me to sit with Him in their own unique way.
First, hidden in plain sight in the face of my friend.
Second, hidden in plain sight in bread and a book.
Sitting at His feet can happen anywhere and everywhere, if we have eyes to see and ears to hear.
XOXO,
Barb
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