I have been silent for a while. My silence has been deliberate to take time to reassess some areas of my life. I am once again in the north woods taking a sabbatical from the heat and busy schedules of back home in the south.
As a part of my time of rest I am reading Dan Allender’s Sabbath. Dan encourages us to revisit the true meaning of Sabbath and how to observe it. Dan says, “One must stand before creation in awe and with gratitude if one is to seek, taste, smell and touch God”. I long to touch and be touched more intimately by God.
I sit in the quietness of the early morning dawning over the water. The sky is breathtaking as the photo shows. In the still of the winds, morning is being birthed creating yet another day. What will this day offer? How will I be deliberate in living this day to the fullest? The routine of daily life is on hold as I rest and recreate emotional energy for the busy fall ahead. How will I use these 24 hours? Must I “do” or will I just “be.”
The quiet of the morning is broken by two loons calling in their unique and mysterious voice to one another just off my dock. God knows I love the call of the loons. I’ll accept this as His early morning “touch” to me, a reminder that whatever the day holds, God wants to walk it beside me in a wild adventure. I’m anticipating the journey with faith and hope.What wild adventure does God want to take you on? Are you willing to be His journey partner?
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