familiarity

There is an aspect of familiarity that is beneficial.  If we were not comfortable in our place of living and working and if it were continually different and new we would have difficulty focusing on the requirements of each day.  Habits, routine and familiar settings facilitate efficient and effective living.  But the other side of familiarity is the dullness it can foster in our perception of the wonderful and the awesome that surround us continually.  Whether it is the common beauty of the sky, the water and the hills on the horizon or the intricate mechanics of our bodies or the fabulous design of marriage and the family we are surrounded by the familiar while we are also immersed in the awesome.  And that is because we live in the presence of the Almighty.  He has fashioned a "garden" for us to walk through that "shouts" of His reality but permits us to ignore Him in our familiarity.  I suppose that is why it is good to dedicate some portion of each day to simply consider Him...His handiwork...His claim to our lives and our loyalty.  After all...how much credit can we take for the wonders we experience in the routine of living...or for our lives themselves?

 

Psalm 121:¹ I will lift up my eyes to the hills—
                      From whence comes my help?
                   ² My help comes from the LORD,
                     Who made heaven and earth.

 

blessings,

Rob Smith