A good friend reminded me today that if we truly desire to "practice the presence of God" we must try to see our life in perspective.  It is so easy for us to see it rather as a long chain of task after task, isolated event after isolated event.  I have to get this done, but I have to be at that thing and then I have to run over there to take care of that and then.......

What if we were really able to see the bigger picture - to see each word we say, each thoughtful gesture, each moment with a friend in need not as just another passing moment, but rather as an opportunity to show the face of Christ?  What if we saw in each moment a void waiting to be filled to the brim with love - a dark room to be filled with light?