eddybear

I went for a walk yesterday morning. I had to drop the car off at the garage to get something fixed, so I walked home. It's about a 20 minute walk.

It was early morning (at least for me on a Saturday!), and I felt I ought to be starting the day in prayer. I'm very good at "oughts" - Ali will back me up on that! So I tried "being spiritual", and I just wasn't in the mood, didn't get anywhere.

Walking along, it was a beautiful morning. Sunny, without a cloud in the lovely blue sky. As I walked along, I found myself appreciating God's creation, and just naturally started praising him for it. I looked around, and became aware of how much beauty there is around me. The skies, the plants, the life all about. I often am not that keen on the part of the country I live in, but that morning I was grateful to God. I thought "I can see why God loves the world." Things were alive, Christ has redeemed the world, and I felt a part of it.

Then my thoughts turned to bits of the world that aren't so beautiful. The bits man has trashed with pollution. And then men themselves, with all our sin. Not so nice, quite the opposite in fact. But then I remembered that God loves all of this, and sent his Son to redeem all the world. Not just the beautiful bits, but all of it. I can love the nice bits, but God's love for all is on a completely different level, that I can only marvel at.

I'm glad I had a walk. So much better than my attempts to be spiritual.