Near

One day you're going

to walk into a fast food restaurant

or pull up to the drive-thru

order-speaker and,

instead of asking you

if you want to upgrade

or super-size your order,

they're going to ask you

if you want to downgrade

or minimize your order.

And when they do,

it's going to cause you

to pause and realize

that this is a choice

for more than a particular meal.

 It's about your whole life.

At that very moment,

to quote a radical

first century rabbi,

the realm of God

will be near; very near you.

Pray that, when this happens,

you'll have the courage

and wisdom to be still

in the presence

of that sacred moment

long enough to begin

to be transformed by it.

© 2015 Todd Jenkins