I sat down at the computer again to try to find a few words to say how I find God
in this daily place and
in this work, how I only learned to pray when I began to pray with my hands and my
attention on purpose and how most
of prayer to me now is listening and abiding, how I believe it would be nice to have a lovely housekeeper and a clean house and to create amazing soaring art with all
of the white space
of an uncluttered life and glorious heights
of transcendent spirituality, I guess, but I
need the God who sits
in the mud and
in the cold wind,
in the
laundry pile and
in the city park, who embodies grief and joy, wisdom and patience, loneliness as companionship, renewal with simplicity and a good deep breath, and who even now shows up
in the unlikeliest and homeliest
of lives too, as a sacrament
of and blessing for the ordinary things.
Flooring
needs special
attention and is a good investment for updating the look
of your home — tile or linoleum is great for entranceways, bathrooms, kitchens,
laundry rooms; a good quality laminate or hardwood is perfect for living rooms and family rooms; bedrooms are attractive
in a neutral carpet.