The Holiness of Watering

Sunday mornings. They are for watering.

I was just out back, setting up the water on a section of the back lawn, when I realized how watering in the early morning, when the house is still and the kids are not awake, is for me a time of quiet reflection and holiness. 

Since corporate worship right now is not allowed, I have found that this time of setting up the watering, and moving it to another spot every 10 to 20 minutes, is a very calming and peaceful task. Seeing the ground glisten with droplets of water, seeing the grasses a deeper shade of green, and the bare soil a chocolaty brown - all of these seem holy to me. 

And I'm reminded that worship doesn't take place in buildings. Worship takes place wherever we sense a peace, a peace that God gives us in the simple acts of living. If there's anything I've learned during this time of COVID-19, is that God is working even more: in the kindness of neighbors checking in on each other; the gratitude shown towards first responders and medical personnel. The various food banks that are feeling unrelenting pressure to feed more people, and food comes in and volunteers, donned with PPE, make sure that food is distributed. The churches that cannot meet in person reach out via other means, and find that the message of God's love is being heard outside their walls - for some, it's the first time they've heard that God loves. 

God works within His children - within US - during these times. Even during times of Sunday morning watering.