The sixth sense

There is an apocryphal saying attributed to Solomon in the deuterocanonical "Wisdom of Solomon."

Yet these people are little to be blamed,
for perhaps they go astray
while seeking God and desiring to find him.
For while they live among his works, they keep searching,
and they trust in what they see, because the things that are seen are beautiful.

There are many people you meet who seem to have that mustard seed of spirit in them, but have not taken that full step, and become fully alive. My brother in law told me this weekend that seven weeks ago, before his wife's passing, he could say words like "higher power," but only in that impersonal vague way so many of us do. Now he uses the word "God" proudly - because the night she left us, he truly believes he was in His presence.

My hope for most people is that their first encounter with God is not at so desperate an hour, for He is always waiting.

But better then than never.