It has been a while since I posted a blog. Partly because the spring schedule has kicked into full gear and partly because there has been nothing I wanted to blog about.
Today, I went for a run. It was a beautiful day, and there is a route I really like that takes me out of New Philly proper and into some farmland. It is about a 4 1/2 mile total run. About two miles in, just as I had run out of the city, I turned left onto a long narrow road that went right though a field. I had my Ipod in and was running at a comfortable pace, but I could not help but marvel at the fields to my left and right full of yellow daisy's. I have never seen the color yellow like that before! So, I stopped, and just stood there for a while. I walked the rest of the way on that road, and didn't really feel like running again. I didn't really care about finishing my run. Giving thanks to the Creator for the beauty of His creation was so much more desirable.
Isn't that what we do in our spiritual lives too? So often I find myself going so fast that I miss what is around me. For example, today in my weekly meeting with Don and Travis, I told them I haven't read anything in Scripture that has "stuck out". I think part of the reason that is, is that I read through the Word so fast that I don't even have an opportunity to take in it's beauty.
In his latest book, Primal, Mark Batterson talks about perspective in relation to the Word of God. He says:
The French writer Jacques Reda had a peculiar habit. He used to walk the streets of Paris with the intention of seeing one new thing each day. It was the way he renewed his love for the city. I think we need to renew out love for God the same way. Our love grows as we discover new dimensions of His personality, and His personality is primarily revealed in the pages of Scripture.
What if we approached Scripture the way Jacques Reda walked the streets of Paris?
So, I want to challenge myself, to really put myself in the stories of God's Story. I think I might find beauty that I completely missed.
JN
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