When Rebekah asks God about the children in her womb, the NRSV writes it as "So she went to inquire of the Lord. And the Lord said to her..." (22-23).
The "matter of fact" language around this encounter struck me today. God is so accessible to these people! Today, God seems to speak more abstractly and most people who hear God loud and clear have normally had a life altering experience. I don't know if God has ever spoken to me although I know that God has certainly helped me make decisions in my life. And, while I have felt God's presence many times, there is one time where I know God was with me.
In college, I was on a Lutheran Student Movement retreat at a camp. This camp had a labyrinth and I went out on my own to walk it. I started to walk, slowly, and my mind started to drift. About 5 or 10 minutes later, someone else was walking the labyrinth with me and my first reaction was annoyance and I didn't look directly up to see them. They had broken my concentration, but I quickly came back into the moment. It was so peaceful in the woods walking the labyrinth and my mind was solely focused on God and my life. I finished the labyrinth and looked back to see who else had joined me, but no one was there. It was one of the oddest moments of my life because I knew someone was there. I never had any "aha!" moments while walking in the labyrinth, but I know that God was with me in some way and I always wonder, should I have looked up? Was that my moment where God was making God's-self accessible to me? Or was the peaceful reflection what I needed in my life at that time?
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