Early on in my walks I absolutely relished my time alone with God. I would share these walks with no one else. What would be the point? No other could speak the things God spoke to my heart. Could another listen with me for the frogs’ call and the hawk’s wing? Could another hear God in them? I was on an exclusive mission to discover the exquisite. Another soul would smash into a million pieces this diamond I mined so diligently, I thought.
God absolutely does want me alone; He listens to my prayers and He has things to tell me. But others have something to share with me too. They have walked alone with God as well. They too have heard His voice in the deep dwelling of their soul. They know His Word and love Him dearly. As God moves in me to bless them, He moves in them to bless me. They have been moved by a profundity of God’s Word, by His Holy Spirit in ways I haven’t.
For years I had often prayed for a spiritual director. I don’t know if I used that term, but I longed for a wise faithful person with whom to discuss my spiritual journey with Jesus, my Father and His Holy Spirit within me. In the last month of my year of walking, I met Sister Kathleen. She was my spiritual director at my first silent retreat and we have continued our walk together since. She is wise and she speaks to me both the Word of God and His song in my heart. Walking this journey with God, He will invite others to come alongside me, to love and inspire me for His glory
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22
Meeting God at the Park 