What would life be without knowing the Almighty God, Jesus my Savior and the Holy Spirit who dwells and moves within me? What ultimate meaning would it hold? What sacred purpose could be reached? I have lived seasons in that obscurity and returned to truth, God stirring and calling within me.
The weeds in my garden are knee high today, the morning glories are strangling the sunflowers. There are horrific stories in the news. My sugar addiction is flaring, my son is in pain, two friends lie in the hospital. Our bedroom is waiting empty to be painted, the bathroom gutted for years. What will I make for dinner? Did the postman deliver my flip flops?
A highly abbreviated list, these are the circumstances of my day, the matters of my mind. These elements of life swell quickly into waves that crash against my legs, and push me further away from the quiet world from which they rise. In that place there is clarity and peace, leagues and leagues deep. It is where God stirs in me, prompting me to mind His ways, serve His plan, align with His order. He works in me there and breathes in me calmness and purpose.
I stop to listen, receive and fill with Him instead. With Him in me, I can welcome the waves and serenely find my place in them.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Job 33:4
Meeting God at the Park 