So, it is no secret that I am a huge fan of Ignatian Spirituality and especially the concept of "finding God in all things", which to me is simply an awareness that everything we are and have comes from God, so whatever we find in the world in some way can lead us back to God.
About a month ago I got a new CD from one of my favorite singing groups that has roots right here in my beloved Bloomington: Straight No Chaser. Among the songs on the CD is the most amazing arrangement of the song "Till There Was You" from the musical The Music Man. If you aren't familiar with the story, this song is sung by Marian the Librarian when she realizes that she has fallen for Harold Hill.
Only when I heard this particular arrangement, sung by these ten amazing men it wasn't a love song between a woman and a man, but to me it was someone realizing that the entire world looks and sounds different when one becomes aware of God in his or her life. Everything changes, colors are brighter, music is sweeter, and somehow the whole world looks so amazing. There is Love all around, because God is Love, and those who live in Love live in God, and God in them.
Listen to the lyrics, and put yourself in the place of the singer. How has your world changed because you are aware that God is a part of all that you do?
Pax
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