Glimpses of Heaven..on our walk

A few weeks ago.  What a gorgeous sunrise.

Last week.  I loved walking this day.  Not too cold this day.  And the fog was lovely.

Sing to the LORD a new song,

for he has done marvelous things;

his right hand and his holy arm

have worked salvation for him.

The LORD has made his salvation known

and revealed his righteousness to the nations.

 

He has remembered his love

and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;

all the ends of the earth have seen

the salvation of our God.

Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth,

burst into jubilant song with music;

 

make music to the LORD with the harp,

with the harp and the sound of singing,

with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn—

shout for joy before the LORD, the King.

 

Let the sea resound, and everything in it,

the world, and all who live in it.

 

Let the rivers clap their hands,

Let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the LORD,

for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness

and the peoples with equity.

-Psalm 98

May we remember what God has done for us, this Holy Week.  May you have a blessed Easter season.

Surrounded by Taxi Cabs

Today was the first time since I hurt my knee that I have walked Aidan to school.  Jonathan has been driving him, thankfully, for the past couple of weeks.  Today I thought I would test out the ol' knee to see how it is doing.  Well, it was okay walking.  Right now, though, it is very sore.  Not good.  This is not good.  Need to make that Drs. appointment ASAP.

We were walking to pick-up Aidan after school.  (Of course, Emma has to walk now.  It is a struggle just to get her in the stroller in the mornings to drop Aidan off!!)  We round the corner by our house and there sits a yellow, checkered taxi.  Just sitting there.  Driver lounging around inside.  I thought, "Well, okay.  He must be on break and he needs a quiet place to rest".  No big deal.  Whatever.

Continuing on towards Aidan's school, a taxi cab turns the corner and parks.  Just a few blocks away from the other cab.  Okay.  No big deal.  Just a coincidence that there were two cabs taking breaks on our walk...right?

So now we are across the street from Aidan's school.  Right on the corner before we cross the street...Guess what?  Another cab, driver in car, resting.  Okay.  Now I am a bit creeped out.  What is going on?  Did I miss something?  What's up in the taxi cab world??

All of these thoughts are going through my head as we reach Aidan's school.  We get to the doors and (of course) we are early.  Emma starts to play with the rocks and the painted numbers on the cement.  I am standing around, talking with Maggie.  Then I notice a suspicious white car down the street.  Does it have a sign on the top of the roof?  Could it be yet another taxi?  Yup!  It was. 

Perhaps I am just paranoid.  Perhaps this has happened before?  Maybe it is just the fact that I am more aware of my surroundings since I have started to write this blog.  (Or even just think about writing this blog!)  Then I thought of how often we are so quick to pass judgements or look at the negatives instead of the positives.  How quickly I jumped to the conclusion that something bad or unusual was happening, even though I had no idea.

I also thought about how much we miss out on when we are not looking around for the details in everyday life.  The little things.  Especially the little things that God does throughout our day.  I hope that I can learn to see Him more through this journey.  That I can stop being so focused on the end goal that I don't miss the 'journey'. 

Pausing.  Reflecting.  Seeing Him in all things.  That is what I want to become better at!

The Purposeful Walk

As I have been walking this past week, I realized that I have a golden opportunity to share in my journeys with you. So many things become clearer as I am walking along. So many funny things happen, too. I hope to share these insights, funny stories, pictures and most importantly a bit of God in the process. I hope you will come along and join with me, as we journey together on a purposeful walk: Walking in the Light.

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

1 John 1:5-7