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The Long Walk 2010
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Long Walk - Prelude
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Yesterday was a full day of extended hours at work...impossible time of year. However, I was determined to pause, take a walk, and quietly listen and see God in the early evening hours walking in the fields near our farm.
It was a humble journey, nothing specular, yet, God seemed to open my eyes to beauty that surrounds me and mostly is unacknowledged in my normal routine. The sky was amazing...clouds with sunbeams bursting through. Wildflowers randomly springing from the ditch grasses, corn tall and stately, and the crocked gravel path leading to our cattle pasture.
My camera captured elements of the display...but my heart was the real depository of the beauty. As I observed one thing after another several truths of scripture were etched in my mind. Luke 12:22-34 continues to resound with me. Don’t worry. God clothes the flowers of the field...that many don’t even ‘see’ yet how much more does He care for me.
Trusting Him with all things, all situations is what honors Him most...He nudged me, reminded me and assured me that He is in all the details, even providing a time of beauty and reflection at the end of a too busy day.
I treasure my times with Him when I deliberately listen to Him in the quiet whisper of the breezes of East Central Illinois.
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Bonnie 07/08/2010 22:42 |
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Yoli-Ann
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07/09/2010 11:45 |
Wow! Must have truly been beautiful. I praise God with you for that experience.
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Calico
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07/09/2010 12:43 |
Lovely, Bonnie,
I had that same sort of subtle experience with Him too. Time spent with Him is not something that ever really ends, is it...
:-)
Hugs,
Tom
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jackoslife
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07/10/2010 00:15 |
My experiences on farms, though limited, is that they are quiet,reflective places with large open spaces and just lend themselves to thoughts of God. I guess that living on one, this uniqueness could easily get lost in the middle of "surviving" daily life. It is wonderful to see that on a really busy day you were able to regain a sense of that during the Long Walk. I think God smiles at times like this and for myself, I am going to try to get Him smiling more often.
Like Tom said, .."Time spent with Him is not something that ever really ends, is it..." Amen.
Andrew
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