We are called to keep the reverence of God always before our eyes. God must be the center of our existence. We must recognize Him and begin no act without inviting Him to join us. When we love him, and all He loves hyphen--we will be carried by Him and impeled to love all God's children.
It may sound a little trite, but to begin, we need only open our eyes, and look at the world around us. God is within us to be realized, and not outside of us to be stumbled upon.
Sister Joan uses a beautiful story to illustrate this connection between God and ourselves.
"How does a person seek union with God? the seeker asks.
"The harder you seek," the teacher said, "the more distant you create between God and you."
"So what does one do about the distance? "
"Understand that it isn't there, "the teacher said.
"Does that mean that God and I are one? "The seeker said.
"Not one. No two."
"How is that possible? "The seeker asked.
"The sun and its light, the ocean and the wave, the singer and the song. Not one. Not two. "
We are in union with God by our very nature. He's there for us to recognize.
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