God's fidelity to us is so staggering that he tends to us uninterrupted through every single breath we take.

How easy it is, therefore, to take God for granted. We may be so overtaken by our anxieties, disappointments, or fear that we can miss him passing by in a gentle breeze, as the prophet Elijah almost did. Or he could be physically walking next to us and even talking to us and we mistake him for some random stranger, as the disciples walking to Emmaus did.

We are God's own. We are his Easter people. He will keep showing up for us, as a voice in the mountain or resurrected from the dead. But only with complete faith, trust, and surrender shall we be totally free to recognize and follow him and rejoice!