Is it just me, or has the world suddenly become a more beautiful place...? :)
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When I first became a Christian, and learned of the verse "Do not worry," I seriously wondered what I would think about instead... many years later, after finally finding my heart in God's, finding myself in Him and Him in me, and trusting that (see Finding Our Identity - more-so #14), it's almost as though I don't have time to worry. And that not because God or life is keeping me occupied doing this, that and everything else that either needs attention, or thinks it does. No, on the contrary; I am still. It's more like I don't have time to worry because I need the time to take in, and relish in, the beauty and peace that God has poured out over this earth - and in me... and it really is so peaceful. I'm sure it could become my full time occupation! ;)
Anyway...
I went out the back a little while earlier, to get clothes off the line, and I noticed a bird I'd like to get a photo of, so I went back inside to get my camera but by the time I went back out he was gone...so, as I had the camera ready, I slowed down (not that I was moving at a fast pace) and took time to appreciate this glorious autumn afternoon, on this very peaceful Sunday - and took 312 photos. lol... And I just wanted to share a few with you, and to encourage you to find rest in God. It's quite euphoric. Nothing else I've ever experienced, from a mind-altering substance to that most special feeling of holding your precious babe in your arms for the first time, comes close to this feeling, this peace, this joy, this love, this fullness, this... near-breathless awe I find in God.
This is peace... This is love... This is living... *sigh*
Thank You, God!!!
Anyway...
I went out the back a little while earlier, to get clothes off the line, and I noticed a bird I'd like to get a photo of, so I went back inside to get my camera but by the time I went back out he was gone...so, as I had the camera ready, I slowed down (not that I was moving at a fast pace) and took time to appreciate this glorious autumn afternoon, on this very peaceful Sunday - and took 312 photos. lol... And I just wanted to share a few with you, and to encourage you to find rest in God. It's quite euphoric. Nothing else I've ever experienced, from a mind-altering substance to that most special feeling of holding your precious babe in your arms for the first time, comes close to this feeling, this peace, this joy, this love, this fullness, this... near-breathless awe I find in God.
This is peace... This is love... This is living... *sigh*
Thank You, God!!!
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It's only a couple of weeks to winter here in Australia, and the Liquid Amber tree in my backyard has just started to wake up to the fact that it's autumn! :D Isn't it all so very lovely... :) Again: Thank You, God... :) xxxxx