And deer! Lots and lots of deer! Dressed in the morning snow Melting away into a white trailside cathedral
And birds! Lots and lots of birds! … a flicker, hugging a tree trunk … downy woodpeckers, flitting about … chickadees, darting from snowy twig to snowy twig … a pileated woodpecker, the avian prize
And tracks! Lots and lots of tracks! Dog-like, but not a dog’s A coyote! A gray ghost, ahead, watching, then trotting away.
And me! … alone on the snowy path, but not alone If you know what I mean
This is my Father’s world… If you know what I mean…
The trail I walk on just about every morning is a mostly flat meandering path following a creek. There are woods, fields and marshes that change with the seasons. Today’s flowers are different from a month ago. Yet day by day things pretty much remain the same.
Sometimes unexpected things come along that surprise and delight. Like this morning. I was walking along, turning a corner that bends the path into a swampy area, when I met this curious traveler.
We stood facing each other for a few minutes, long enough for me to get out my phone and snap a few pictures. Delightful.
Today, I turned a corner that I’ve walked hundreds of times seeing the same scene almost every time, until today. A surprise. A gift. And then more.
So it is with life. We travel in our day-to-day routines. We work. We play. We struggle. We enjoy. We fret.
We worry about what’s next, what’s around the next corner. It’s impossible to tell. Yet the One who created fawns and flowers walks with us as we travel our straight and crooked paths. He tells us there’s no need to worry.
So today, praise God who has all our corners, beginning to end, in view. Praise the one who reminds us “Do not be afraid… you are mine.” Isaiah 43:1 Today’s gift.
Walk as Children of Light 