God is Now

Whole I was thinking about what it means to live in the present moment of Now, where God's grace is constantly flowing, I went to the kitchen to check the pasta I was cooking.

Zeus, our resident cat, was eating his food in there and  I accidentally stepped on his tail. When he cried out in pain, I said sorry and stooped down to pet him. The look he gave me was as if he was saying, "I know you didnt mean it. I forgive you." He then went back to his food.

It was then I realised God was showing me exactly what it's like to live in the moment of Now.  A moment ago, which lasted a few seconds, Zeus was in pain. The next moment he was at peace and enjoying his food.

A few days ago, I had a similar experience.  I had been working at an exhibition at this museum, which was attracting a lot of last minute visitors rushing to see it before it closed on the 1st of March. At one time, it was so busy in the gallery, we were only allowing a few visitors in at a time.  

When it was my turn to scan visitors' tickets, I asked them to queue up until my colleague was ready to let them in and a few of them were not happy about waiting.

On my way back to my seat, one moment I was up, the next I found myself slipping and landing on my knees on the floor. Although my knees hurt, they felt like elastic and I bounced back the way cats do when they land. One visitor helped me up and asked if I was okay. I told him I would be fine. My colleague inside the gallery had seen me fall. She came out and asked if I needed to take a break or needed first aid. I declined. Another visitor, trying to be sympathetic, told me she has fallen like that before. I was grateful when my audience were allowed into the gallery.

I believe if I had listened to my colleague's well-meaning suggestion to take time out, I would have been prolonging that moment of falling for God knows how long.  

That was then, this is now.

Instead, I chose to be in the Now of stillness where God is and gratefully received His peace, which gradually dissolved the pain in my knees.

The next position I moved to was in a gallery where I had to do patrol. 

Later when I got home and checked my knees, there was no sign that I had fallen.

I choose to live in the Now where God is. ❤️

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Relevant Bible verses:

"Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth." Psalm 46: 10

"Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Corinthians 6: 2