The spirituality of wonder knows the world is charged with grace, that while sin and war, disease and death are terribly real, God's loving presence and power in our midst are even more real. In the grasp of wonder, I am surprised, I am enraptured. It's Moses before the burning bush… it's Michelangelo sculpting… it's doubting Thomas discovering his God in the wounds of Jesus, Mother Theresa spying the face of Christ in the poor… It's a child casting his kite to the wind, a mother looking with love at her newborn infant. It's the wonder of a first kiss.
Amazement and rapture should be our reaction to the God revealed as love. We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that he should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at his love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
God,
Grant us the grace of wonder. Surprise us, amaze us, delight us to see Christ playing out in thousands of ways around us. Open our eyes to the numerous marvels and reminders of your presence and grace. We don't ask for the reason for it all; we ask only to share the wonder of it all.
(adopted prayer of Joshua Heschal)
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