Where Is God?

We can identify with the prophet Isaiah when our lives are hurting and we want God NOW!

We wish God were clearly and obviously visible, because then it would be easier to believe. But God most often comes in the shadows and whispers. We complain that God is an "underachiever."

Often God's presence is obvious to a believer but is only barely visible to the casual onlooker.

Why does God communicate this way? Because God insists on remaining free and will not be some tame house pet on a leash.

God is difficult to hear and see, not only because our lives are so cluttered and noisy, but also because WHAT God says is so different: God's love for us!

That is why the Church, in it's wisdom, has the season of ADVENT in these weeks before Christmas: it is important to WAIT... so that we don't miss God's subtle and unspectacular visits among us in Word, Sacrament, and in that "poor baby of vagrant parents."

God comes quietly, so that we will stop and wait to listen to what really matters: Gods' Promise!