The Practice of the Presence of God

So I'm reading the above named book by Brother Lawrence (which is a terrific name by the way). It's only 62 pages so I started today and am half done which is great. It's all about how this guy lived permanently in God's presence.

"The time of business" said he, "does not with me differ from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquillity as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament."

To walk that would be so awesome. I know right now God seems so far from the workplace (engineering?) that imagining his presence there is difficult but I want to learn from Larry's example. I'm curious what it was all actually like for him. He says as well:

"I have no will but that of God...I would not take up a straw against his order or of any other motive than purely that of love for him."

If that is something that can be reached, I want it. I reckon I'll post something about how he says he got to that position but that's all for now

Un Mezcla de Fotos

I went through my phone photos and thought I'd put some up.

We've got a brewing tempest:

A beautiful Pancake:

Jesse looking beautiful...:

wheel chair? or head with a long nose and a halo?:

a tangle of legs and shoes that's just a confused mess:

my lovely hat:

Life in Slow Motion

It's interesting, when I first started blogging it was because life was flying 1000 miles a minute and I needed to stop and remember what I enjoyed, and what I was thinking about, and even make sure I was still thinking at all. Now that I'm back home that hardly seems necessary since it seems I have almost nothing but the time to do that. So far working only 40 hours a week seems quite relaxing. I'm sure things will pick up soon enough. I'll be back home from the beach soon, and then I'd like to start building another, better, longboard. We'll see.

I'm also currently reading Unceasing Worship by Harold M. Best so I'm sure I'll have thoughts on that to come. It's significantly deeper than I expected.

Auf Wiedersehen--