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A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rachel Redeemed

Good morning.

That took about a second to share. A moment’s worth of air I barely noticed I’d inhaled carried those words of welcome. A fraction of a second so finite, it has long since slipped past, and we are on to another. With every heartbeat, innumerable chemical reactions work in concert to pump oxygenated blood to over 30 trillion cells. Even our perception of the present has a split second neuronal delay on it, as our consciousness catches up to reality.

I’m in the practice of capturing one second of every day using a video recording app. I’m in my 7th year of moment-snatching through the medium of film. This daily habit of documenting my life has captured changing jobs, exciting holidays, my wedding day, lockdowns and the story of two miscarried babies.

But what if I captured a second from everyone’s life? Bottled them up and reflected on them at leisure. I imagine seeing a super-library of 8 billion lives, all interweaving throughout time like in a sci-fi movie.

We all have different events that stick in our minds or seemingly random memories from our childhood. Some people know the moment they became aware of a spiritual reality, others have had a sense of it all their lives. For me, the second that would most define my life is when I first knew Jesus’ love for me. From the outside it was a seemingly insignificant moment with my dad and the Bible, but those few minutes led to an upside down life I’m still living today, choosing to follow a 1st century Rabbi, Jesus of Nazareth - and I’m looking forward to having an eternity of moments with him.

All-encompassing Heavenly Father, I thank you that you offer us your hand to walk with us through every moment we experience on this earth: significant and seemingly not. Thank you that you know all of our moments; all our tears are stored in your bottle.

Amen.