Think about it the next time your in motion going somewhere or doing something significant and someone stops you for a conversation. What are they saying, does it register or have we already left the conversation before it began.
I saw it in myself yet again just yesterday. I was talking with a friend that I have known for years and as I started to mentally "move on" past the moment I pulled myself back. I realized as I looked into his face that I had never really "seen" him. You know, the color of his eyes, the facial features, the hurt hidden behind them. How much I had missed because I was somewhere else in the same room?
My family and I were enraptured by the computer this morning as we watched history being made with the inauguration of our 44th president. Truly one of the most historic moments in American history. As the president-elect was being sworn in to the highest office in the United States, on a day of historic proportions, you could see it coming as the moment was rushed into. Their thoughts were somewhere else and the words were lost in translation and the moment was stumbled through at best. I found myself wondering how many moments I had missed because, although I was physically present, I wasn't fully present.
The attitudes and actions of Joseph are so extraordinary in part because he seems to be fully aware that he is not alone in the moment but rather that the good God of all the universe is present with him and up to something good if we were only aware. Joseph seems to grasp the fact that we don't get to live in the future and we can not live in the past, we only live in the "now".
So may you remember this week that, whether you find yourself in the dungeon or in the palace of pharaoh, you are not alone. May you find Christ present with you in every situation and conversation, and may you discover that this moment is the only one we have the privilege of living in.
Peace To You Friends,
Pastor Jonathan Walker
