God wants us to know where we live,

to open our senses to now

and this and here,

because wherever we are is God.

Divinity pours through the world

like sunlight through silk.

In this radiant splendor,

why would we go anywhere else?

It’s all God – 

this grass,

this bench, 

this heat,

this bird call,

 this blackberry bush, 

this water,

this consciousness. 

In this consecrated moment,

we are sacred, too.

That’s also what God wants us to know.