Here are a few things I saw on my morning walk.
I thought I’d share… just for fun
Today’s gift
Tag: Walking
Along the Trail
This is my Father’s world.
Today’s gift…
New Year’s Day – 2024
”Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.“ Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
God’s gift and promise
Sunrise
I remember back then
when walking along the swamp path
I remember seeing lavender, pink and orange
Hugging the horizon
A rich palette of color
Leaking through skeletal trees
Announcing the arrival of the sun
To light the day.
I remember walking not so long ago
Same path, same sky, same everything
Yet a gray shroud laid across the sky holding back
A flood of color trying in vain to influence the day
Amidst steel wool clouds rolling out an even darker gray
All making me wonder, why bother
If there is no sunrise
To light the day
Then I remembered something
As I walked along the swamp path
I remembered some wisdom from a friend who said
Even though the kaleidoscope of morning beauty
Is hidden and all seems lost, grim, hopeless
Unseen on the other side of the gray
There’s always a sunrise
To light the day
Sunrise, today’s gift
This Morning’s Walk and the Music of the Spheres
For some reason today’s walk seemed to take longer. Even though I walked the same path and distance at the same early morning time, it seemed longer. Maybe different sounds, different sights?
Today, when I started down the path the dark sky whispered, “Look at me!” There they were, a sliver of a waning crescent moon (only hours away from becoming new) hanging below bright Venus in the eastern sky. Both of them shone brightly before the not-quite-here-yet sunrise. Then when I turned to the southwest there was Orion, big and bright. The stellar views stopped me and made me wish I had my good camera and not just my phone.
Maybe you saw all this, too. Maybe you caught some of this beautiful display from your driveway as you got ready to head out for the day.
Perhaps you had the window seat on that early southbound flight I spied overhead. Maybe from there you peeked out and caught an up-close glimpse of the shining crescent.
Maybe you wondered as you looked out the kitchen window, nursing the first cup of coffee, “What is that bright star in the east?”
Or maybe the clouds got in the way.
The amazing thing is, no matter if there are clouds or the objects fade ahead of the rising Sun, they still remain in their appointed places doing what they are created to do, singing the Creator’s praise.
Sometimes I sing along, joining “the music of the spheres.”
And sometimes, on cloudy days, I try to remember mornings like this. I try to remember that “this is my Father’s world.”
Today’s gift.
Walking… in the Rain
Walking…
… in the rain
Today’s gift
Walking, Seeing
This is where I walked the other day.
This is what I saw.
Nothing noteworthy, really.
Except…
… for the ability to walk
… for the ability to see.
Today’s gift.
Morning Walks…
My usual walking routine is to wake up, get ready and go. I walk alone.
This past week my routine changed in that I got up, got ready and went, still alone, but walked in three different states.
Different states, means…
different paths…
different people and things along the way….
Different states, paths, people, things… always alone.
Wait! Not alone! No matter the state, type of path, people or things, I’m never alone. Over the course of a multitude of morning meanderings, I have come to realize that every day, I have Jesus walking with me.
Today’s gift.
“… and walk humbly with your God.” Micah 6:8
Walk as Children of Light 