I remember reading a book where the main character first sees something beautiful. And she knows that it is truly a gift from God. And she has no words to describe the feeling she has. So finally, all she can say is, “my cup runneth over”.
One overwhelming message God told me during the Pacific region core SHouT was “your faith has made you well”. To me it echoed in all the readings, in all the sessions, in all the workshops. The feeling we get when we are together in God is not a feeling that is reserved for us alone, it is available to everyone. Everyone is invited to come share in the joy of our Christ. But it is our choices, our actions, our response to the invitation from the Lord that gives us the privilege of being able to feel the Holy Spirit within us. We can be nice everyday, help out others everyday, be helped and loved by our friends and family every single day. But if we can’t acknowledge that this is all a response to the love of God, then we can only partially feel the amazingness that comes from all we do and all we encounter. If we can’t acknowledge the loving kindness of our Lord, we can never truly be healed – we can never truly be well.
Our God said, “seek and you shall find me”. And He was in every action of my brothers and sisters, in every early morning wake up, in every late night giggle, in every tear, in every affirmation, and in every breath. My cup runneth over.
PGGB