What is God doing...today?

     We have begun the ascent toward Christ the King Sunday, the last Sunday in the church calendar.  At this time each year the texts turn toward Christ's second coming, or the eschaton in church language.  Sunday's gospel lesson is from Luke 21.5-19.  Jesus is in the temple - there are people trying to arrest him, he is being questioned about marriage after death, about his identity, and he publicly denounces the Scribes.  And then Jesus witnesses rich and poor putting money in the offering and announces that the widow's two copper coins are of more worth than the rich people's - because she gave out of her poverty.  And then we get to our text.
     Jesus tells all those around him that the temple will be destroyed - and they are afraid!  So they ask how they will know.  Jesus tells them that there will be wars, they will be persecuted, there will be earthquakes, famines, but before all that happens they will be persecuted and hated because of Jesus.  Yet, Jesus tells us, that not even a hair on our head will perish.  This seems a little scary, to say the least, but by the time Luke was written the temple had already been destroyed.  Those who were reading Luke were also reading the sequel: The Acts of the Apostles.  There are a lot of people who, like these early apostles, think that Christ's return is imminent.  There are books, radio and tv shows, blogs, and movies who claim to know when the end will come.
     However, when all of our focus is on the future and what will come, we miss the joys and gifts that God gives to us in the here and now.  We miss God's presence in the person walking by the restaurant.  We miss God's presence in the exciting football game.  We miss God's presence in our loved ones.  We miss God's presence in us.  It might be easy to say that God wasn't there, or that God didn't pull through.  But is it really that way?  Or did we, in our human-sightedness, simply forget to look?  Which leads me to ponder...
What is God doing today?