Today was full of wonderful moments and also of very special interactions coming from mere moments in the past. Sometimes I have been tempted to feel that all that is of importance has to be somehow weighty, planned and outwardly significant. I am increasingly resting in the reality that it is often in those unplanned and seemingly insignificant moments where life is most fully lived.
Our daughter invited some people to play an important part in her baptism who have not had long time influence in her life. Their influence has been in essentially short meetings of time, but profoundly deep in meaning and impact. The wonderful young woman who baptised her had only really had fleeting contact with my daughter previously. In short moments my daughter felt deeply loved, understood and cared for by her. Similarly, another woman came to our home and was an important part of our day. Our daughter met her for an hour one afternoon at a church function. The woman enthusiastically encouraged and inspired my daughter through her radiant spirit and life. My daughter will always remember her inspiration in one short afternoon meeting.
I am encouraged to relax in the momentary being of daily life. I want to learn to treasure those little moments in time.
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