{"id":595,"date":"2013-09-18T11:03:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T11:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourbestlifenow\/?p=595"},"modified":"2013-09-18T11:03:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T11:03:32","slug":"what-more-must-god-do-to-get-your-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourbestlifenow\/2013\/09\/what-more-must-god-do-to-get-your-attention.html","title":{"rendered":"What More Must God Do to Get Your Attention?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Presence\"<\/a>I love these words of Mark Nepo in The Book of Awakening<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“God starts in everything unseeable,<\/p>\n

but comes to us plainly in the things of this world.”<\/p>\n

And then, he offers this prayer:<\/p>\n

“Close your eyes and pray for the one thing you need.<\/p>\n

Breathe deeply until the prayer loses its words.<\/p>\n

Open your eyes and enter your day listening to the things around you,<\/p>\n

for they carry what you need.”<\/p>\n

What more could I say?<\/p>\n

Maybe just this: The Divine Presence will appear to you today in and through everything. Look. Listen. Everything you need is in the one thing you hear, the one person you meet, the one word you read…<\/p>\n

Beginning with these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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