Each Saturday, I take a long run to a wonderful, hidden place called Buzzard's Roost in my hometown. I run for about three miles, run across a bridge, over a creek and through the woods to find my secret spot. Once there, I sit and rest, soaking it all in. I find this time very refreshing, a time to recharge and rebuild. Quiet, alone time doesn't happen very often when you are the father of three.
As the sun bounces off the mountains ahead of me and the light starts to warm the drops of sweat on my forehead, I often take time to offer prayers of thankfulness. This song, by a group called Gungor often comes to mind.
The song reflects the psalms and a desire to worship the Creator and offer thanks for the amazing world around us. But the song also reminds me of a favorite quote by C. S. (Clive Staples) Lewis,
"Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word glory a meaning for me."
Link of the Day...
Rich Mullins offers great insight into this thought through his writing, "Considering the Lillies." I invite you to visit a website that details his work through the Kid Brothers of Saint Frank -
http://www.kidbrothers.net/release/sum91.html
Quote of the day...
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.” Mother Teresa
Bible verse of the day...
"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." Matthew 6: 28,29
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