burning moment

earth's crammed with heaven

and every common bush afire with God

but only he who sees, takes off his shoes

the rest sit around and pluck blackberries"

Eliz. Barrett Browning

the burning bush was a most ordinary object

that became extra ordinary

because it was on fire with divine activity

how often do we see

the bush burning in the middle of our own life

and have enough sense to turn aside

take off our shoes

and pay attention

if we took the time to turn aside

and look

we might discover we are standing on holy ground

more often than we think