Signs are all over the place.
There are so many, that it is impossible to count how
many we may encounter in a given day.
And that doesn't even include all the other signs
along the way-billboards, realty signs, store and business identifiers-signs
with words and without, most of which I see, but which only tease at the edge
of my awareness.
Paying attention to traffic signs is important.
After all, those signs could just save my life.
But so many of the other signs that I see day after
day barely register in my consciousness.
We see construction on our roads as a big
inconvenience.
However, I once took a different route driving up to
Richmond.
Remembering all the construction on I64 around Mercury
Blvd in Hampton, I took highway 10.
It was beautiful Spring day.
The ride was relaxing and I took in all kinds of new
sights
The signs that at first seemed to portend a construction
season of inconvenience, actually pointed me in a beneficial new direction!
In the Gospel for the Ascension, Jesus speaks of the
signs that will accompany those who believe.
Like all of our journeys, there may be a thousand
signs that we see each day, most of which we ignore, taking in only those most
important "Stop" signs.
But those other signs along the road of life may have
a meaning that we've not yet uncovered, even pointing to a new direction.
In the days from Ascension to Pentecost, it would be
good for us to ask ourselves,
"What
signs of the Spirit could we be neglecting because we think the road is already
mapped?"
Maybe these days up to Pentecost could be filled with
fervent prayer for an awareness of the fullness of the Spirit's gifts and the
signs that help us know them!
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