June 13, 2011

June 13, 2011
Psalm 17

I love the poetry if this particular Psalm. Walking under the shadow of God's wings is a beautiful image of a bird with it's wings outstretched over a brood of chicks. Such is the love of God for us.

Yesterday, i hiked 5 miles around A.W. Marion lake south of my home. On the way around i picked up all kinds of trash that others had simply cast aside on the trail. The more I thought about it, the angrier i got. How could people come out into the beauty of nature only to trash it up. My hike became filled with negativity. Suddenly a voice spoke from the depth of the negativity. Yes there was trash on the trail but there was still a great deal of beauty to be seen. I was missing it all because i was only seeing the few pieces of trash I found on the trail.

How often this happens in life, that we are so focused on 'what's wrong' that we can't see all that's beautiful in the world around us. This is a lesson for me to stop focusing on the negative and to see the beauty of our world everywhere.

Thank you God, for reaching in my negativity and reminding me of the beautiful that's all around. amen.