There were these verses this morning from Psalm 131:
"O Lord, my heart is not lifted up;
my eyes are not raised too high;
I do not occupy myself with things
too great and too marvelous for me.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul"
And I wondered about them, and what they might say to me, as I went out to walk. Even now, as I begin to write, I am not quite sure about that, but maybe i will be more enlightened before I finish, or maybe I will just have to come back to them over and over during this day.
So, I walked, and I looked. What did my sleepy eyes behold?
A full moon in the west, clear and bright in the early sky.
A billowing cloud formation in the south, a light shade of gray for the most part, but a bright pink on the top where the sun was striking it from below the horizon.
A brilliant orange, yellow and pink sunrise in the east, just before the sun came up.
A sky filled with several shades of bright blue.
And, right at the end of my walk, as I paused before going in, I glanced to the north and there was a partial rainbow, just a short arc of colors stretching from one cloud to another.
Two thoughts came to mind:
1. I should have brought my camera this morning, and...
2. Does all of this mean something that I should know, or feel, or see? Is God trying to tell me something through all these visual images? Am I supposed to put it all together and write about it?
Then as I reread the verses above, they seemed to say "when you see these beautiful scenes in the sky, they may not be there for anything else but to cause you to be glad to be alive and to be able to enjoy them. Think about that for awhile. You have looked to the west, south, east and north. Be sure to take in the whole picture."
So, I relive these images in my mind, and I know that I am blessed, and I am grateful to God for such a beautiful morning and for these thoughts and mental pictures to carry with me into this new day.
But, tomorrow I may take my camera anyway.
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