This morning I woke and decided to venture out by my self. I usually hate being alone but today I was all by myself. So I decided to go to Bernheim Forest. I needed to clear my head and to sit in the peace of nature and just relax my mind and soul. I also wanted some time to be able to take some picts a secret passion I have, that has been dormant because of the busyness of life. Here are some of the picts I took today that give u an idea of why I took them and what I see spiritually.
The pict to the right is one I like to call where you lead I will follow. As the path gets out of view and the tree blocks the future I feel God is saying just take one step at a time and I will lead you. Sometimes we tend to forget that we cant control anyone or thing but our selves and actions. So today for me God was saying I will lead so start following.
As I walked around this morning I focused on the nature of God's creation. The beauty and Majesty of the world in which we live. The world that he plays so much a part in creating. We tend to forget the creativity, majesty, and how much he cared about the details that we over them. If he cared about helping a flower by creating pollen so that flowers would still grow despite our circumstances. WOW. How beautiful the creator is!! Yes, my favorite flower is the Dazy. Dazys scream flower children from the 60's and 70's. But I see the simplexity of it. Its white pedals which to me represents the purity of life that God brings and the yellow center symbolizes how alive God is and the vitality that he brings to the earth. He wants us to live with a center that is full of life.
Then I pan out and see the whole picture of dazies together and I cant help but to feel that God created groups of flowers flowing from one plant for a reason. To show strength in numbers, to show how important each flower it to the bush. Some flowers had broken pedals, others were clean and spotless, some were smaller, some were larger, They were all different but grew from one plant base. Wow to the concept of this Type of thinking. When we pan out and see the bigger picture. We see we are not alone. We are among many others and God created us to work together to flow as one in unity with one purpose. To glorify his name and to show others his wonderful works.
This picture screams peace to me. Kentucky peace. This is a place I just want to take my shoes of and enjoy the soft grass and enjoy the sound of the tree swaying back and forth. Awesome and good for the troubled soul. When u find your in a place of unrest and confusion get to a place of silence and he will speak.
This picture is of the statue in the far back which is names "Let there be light" its looks a little weird but it was designed to be a place that Christians can go to have a place of silence and to here God. Wow didnt know that till I was there and read about it and the purpose of bernheim. When I sat at the top and just listened this is what I feel like God wanted to say. "It was me who made the world, it was me who created the very ground you walk on, it was me who formed the clouds, it was me who made the sea, it was me who formed the mountains. I am the one who spoke you into existence. It was me who made all living things to work together to become part of something much bigger, much greater than anyone can ever imagine. IT WAS ME!!!!!!!. I am after you I made I know you. I guide you and I direct you and I can see what you cant see. I know what you dont know. Im am the one who formed you in your mothers womb. It was ME!!!!"
Then I looked out and this is a picture that i took and I feel it was one way to assure me that he sees the bigger picture and its amazing.
God is amazing and everything that he has created is a wondrous site. I can see my self dancing before him in the grass with flags, banners, instruments, and I could go on. Wow what a wonderful savior that would created such a beautiful place just for me and because someone listened to his voice and made this area a holy place, it blessed me this morning.
One more pict. This one was of a tree of course duhhh. but the reason I took this picture is to remind myself the he is vine, he is the main part of the tree and we are his branches. We are to be an Extension of him. We must be able to show others that we are Christ like because we are connected to the main line.
That means in words we speak, things we listen to, and the actions we take when the tough gets going. We are accountable for every word we speak. We like to use this when we are in tough situations to blast our enemy. But if we read closer in the word it states for us NOT to delight when our enemy falls because the lord will have mercy on them. So we must make sure that our hearts are clean from bitterness, anger, unforgivness, and any unclean thing, the hardest things about our selves that we want to push away and hide. If we harbor those things this will make us die, like a branch that is no longer connected to the tree it falls and shrivels and dies because it has been cut off from the life source. Those are the very things that when we need to give to God so we can truly walk in the freedom he has called us to walk in. Not matter our position, calling, or whatever. God has called us to live a life of Christ like behavior and To be accountable for everything we say, think, act, do or criticize. We must make our hearts open to him and let go and let God be the victor and not the devil. Open your heart today and ask God what it is that is hindering your walk, what is getting in your way. You might be surprised and what the answer will be. Open the eyes of my heart that I might see you, lord. Say that today right now. Dont be afraid to show him what is deep inside and he will help you heal, make right, and cleanse the depths of your heart.
