Just around the riverbend....

A walk in one direction may lead you to another. 

You never know what is just around the riverbend....

                                                         one step after 

                                                                                  the other 

What will you find? 

You will never know unless you look and see with not just your eyes but with your heart. 

What you find may change your life. 

There is a beautiful world underneath the trash. 

If only we would stop and see it for what it is, lifting our gaze heavenwards. 

"What I love most about rivers is:

You can't step in the same river twice

The water's always changing, always flowing"

Can you see the forest through the trees?

When you look at the natural world what do you see? Beauty. Design. Complexity. Wonder. Strength. Or maybe it is just a bunch of trees and open sky?

Are you able to see all that is before your eyes? Or are you limited by the noise of the world? Every day we have the opportunity to see the natural world as a reflection of something greater, if we choose to do so. 

Take a moment today to stop your busy life and find joy in the natural world around you. You will find greater appreciation for the world we have been placed on and call home. There is so much to learn about the natural world, if only we knew where to look. 

All Things Made New

Spring is a beautiful time of year when new life arises and the beauty of the earth can be appreciated. I have had the privilege to capture some of that and would love to share it with you, along with a few texts for inspiration!  

One day tells a story to the next. 

One night shares knowledge with the next 

     without talking, 

     without words, 

     without their voices being heard.

Yet, their sound has gone out into the entire world, 

     their message to the ends of the earth.  (Psalms 19:2-4 GW)

What have we done to the world 

     Look what we've done

What about all the peace

     That you pledge your only son....

What about flowering fields 

     Is there a time

What about all the dreams 

     That you said were yours and mine....(Earth Song, Michael Jackson)

That's why we're waiting

Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting

Waiting on the world to change

It's not that we don't care

We just know that the fight ain't fair

So we keep on waiting

Waiting on the world to change (Waiting on the World to Change, John Mayer) 

I'd like to make myself believe

That planet Earth turns slowly

It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep

'Cause everything is never as it seems (Fireflies, Owl City) 

 

Gazing through the window at the world outside

     Wondering will Mother Earth survive

     Hoping that mankind will stop abusing her sometime

I'm just a dreamer 

     Who dreams of better days (Dreamer, Ozzy Osbourne)