Skyward
Great Smoky Mountains, Pisgah National Forest
North Carolina
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A little girl stood with her grandfather by an old, open well. They had lowered a bucket and drawn out water to drink.
"Grandfather," asked the little girl, "where does God live?" He lifted her and held her over the well. "Look down into the well," he said, "and tell me, 'What do you see?'" "I see me," replied the granddaughter. The grandfather said, "That, my dear, is where God lives."
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Whatever the word "God" points to, that points to here, to you. "Who is God?" includes "Who am I?" To experience God as God, we may have to unlearn much about "God." We lose "God" to discover God. We lose who we thought we were to meet that we are. To lose that "God" can be painful, but it is well worth it to enjoy union with God.
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*©Brian K. Wilcox, 2023
*Use of photography is allowed accompanied by credit given to Brian K. Wilcox and title and place of photograph.
*Brian's book, An Ache for Union: Poems on Oneness with God through Love, can be ordered through major online booksellers or the publisher AuthorHouse.
