First Church of God

I have a 12 minute drive to work every day.  How could I make the most of that time?   Okay, let's further define the breathing experiment by not listening to music in the car for a while.  How long?  Maybe a week.  We’ll see.  Instead of listening to music, I breathe and just become more aware of God’s presence.  Half way to work it hits me.  Just like that walk home from Berts, I am more aware of my surroundings when I focus on God.  I’m not zoned out, passing unconsciously through stop lights.  There's a man walking along the road in the cold; I pray for him.  I see a lady in her car at the stop sign, and for no apparent reason, wonder about her life and pray for her.  I see a black man on the sidewalk, wandering in an area where almost all white people live.  How does he feel on these streets?  Is he walking to work from where he lives across the river in Benton Harbor?  I find myself wanting to reach out to this man.  I pray for him. 

A thought… a deep thought… The great command is to love God… and the second is like it, to love others.  Could it be that when we follow the great command and love God more openly and freely and intentionally, could that just lead naturally to loving others?  It seems that the more I make myself aware of God’s presence, the more I am becoming aware of the people around me.