simplicity of sacredness

I was driving in the car yesterday when I thought about the sacredness of life. That which is holy. Why do we try so hard to touch that which we think is sacred. I think about some church traditions and their methodology to reach a sacred moment in their services or life. They must walk through the steps of cleansing and preparation. While I respect these traditions and the reasoning behind them and the tradition that comes with them....I'm not quite sure of the necessity. I think we sell ourselves short so often of what we are to God. We are god's own. we are not broken useless pieces of trash that must cleanse ourselves before we come before the great God of the universe. To God we are priceless treasures, pieces of masterful artwork. God's own creation. Why do we try to label ourselves as broken objects that need fixing. There is already a sacred component about us. While we are not fully sacred, we do possess sacredness in that we have been touched by that which is sacred. For someone or something can not come into the presence of the divine and not leave forever changed. We must seek that God that dwells within to understand the God of that which is outer. We must connect with that which is already divine within so that we can live that divineness in an outward fashion.

I thought that moving to Colorado would put me in touch with that divineness...but the truth is that God has never left me, but I have left myself. I have lived out of my body seeking that which is around me to define my importance and legitimacy. But why not rely on the tangible when I am feeling lost? What I can touch, feel, know....me. Knowing that I am enough. That I have divine components because I have a God that desires to walk through life with me. I do not have to go seek him. I have to stay where I am, in the present and feel the complex beauty of living, breathing, thinking, feeling, loving. A heart beat a finger twitch. All evidence that divine lies within.

We need not look out there or search intensely for a God that will suddenly appear and reveal the secrets of life so that we might then know how to live. There is no answer to the riddle of what the future holds or how to bring those things to pass. There is no moment at which we will finally understand....instead there is now. What we know now is that we are here, we have been created, we are loved, and what we know to be true is the truth that we can live in for the moment. Beauty happens in the moment, God speaks through the beauty of those moments in both the large and the small things. When we are able to allow ourselves to be enveloped in those moments, we can understand just how simple sacredness can be.