Tom Ehrich recently wrote, "Faith happens in the particular. One person has an experience of the divine presence. It feels a certain way. That becomes his or her story about God. Another person has an entirely different experience and reaches a different conclusion.
If we were wise and humble, we would share our particulars and marvel at a God who can be so much to so many."
Then yesterday I was listening to an NPR interview of an Indian author. The interviewer asked her about mystery in her life and pressed her to give a personal example. She reluctantly told a story about when she went on a retreat to the Himalayas and was left stranded, separated from her traveling companions. Night was near and she was afraid that she would freeze to death, but she was too exhausted to continue on. An elderly man suddenly appeared and assisted her to cross the glacier stream and arrive to her camp, then disappearing before she could express her gratitude. Providence, coincidence, synchronicity? It doesn't matter because that is her story.
May I honor everyone's stories today!
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