“Seek” | Reflection by Eleanor Q. Tignor

I start each day seeking the beauty and nature diversity of God’s creation. I go from window to window in my home, first looking at the sky, the clouds, seeing what colors and patterns our artistic God created while I was sleeping. Of course, some mornings the sky is primarily one color, most often blue or white, but other mornings, various blends of blues and variations of white, with a pale pink blended in. There are mornings of course when God has added rain or snow, both nurturers but the latter with its special flowing white beauty. Most mornings, I seek the sun. Sometimes I am all but blinded as it catches my eyes and seems to say: “Good Morning, you know I am here for you, with God, His Son, and the Holy Spirit.”

As stated in Matthew 7: 7-8: “Ask and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” Similarly, Luke 11:9-10 gives us the same assurance: “And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For everyone that asketh receiveth; and he that seekest findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”

The term “seek” which is used in our Lenten 2022 Scripture is taken from Psalm 63. There we have that same assurance of God’s always being with us, when and wherever we need Him: “O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. / So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. / Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. /So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.” (1-4). / “My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips when I think of you on my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; / for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. / My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me” (5-8).

I would not want even to imagine living without you, God, day or night.