Saturday, April 8, 2017
Act when you are prompted to move!
I just had the most remarkable experience. I was sitting in my office, working at my desk while the rest of my family snored in front of the television, when suddenly I was lifted out of my chair with a strong impulse to take a walk out on the property. It was so strong that I didn't even bother to put on my good hiking shoes and grab my hiking sticks (kinda sorry about that now, honestly). I put on the gardening crocs that sit by the back door and I headed up the mountain. It was a glorious early spring evening in the mountains and for no other reason than that, I am grateful that I was shoved out the door. I stopped and gave the horse some loves as she is truly a needy Diva but the push to keep moving was strong so I didn't dilly-dally, I headed up the mountain. My favourite place to meditate is the rocky outcrop near the top of our property and I tried to stop there but the spirit was not having that and I kept on hiking higher up to the neighbor's mountain. Let me be clear here, we have a great relationship and understanding with our neighbors and they are comfortable with us climbing around on their property, so I was not trespassing! I got to the top of the mountain and it was so beautiful. The moon was out and shining off of the still-white Mount Rosalie and I can see forever up there but there was specific stuff for me to see and contemplate there. I sat down where I was led and quickly spotted the piece of nature that the spirit wanted me to consider. So I sat and I studied and I pondered and it was powerful. Then the moment came when I was released to return and I stood and took a number of photos and then removed the crocs and did some earthing and stretching and then, just as darkness was descending and it was critical for me to get down the mountain while I still had enough light, the moon broke through the clouds and a Western Meadowlark landed on the tree through which I was watching the moon and he sang his heart out to say goodbye to the day. It was beyond glorious. Reminded me that there is another blog post that I need to compose concerning those "pause and take a breath moments" in nature. Then he was gone and I was once again pushed, only this time I was pushed down the mountain before the light gave out. I am now back at my desk but with an entirely different outlook on life and I am so grateful for those pushes that come in our lives, even when we didn't know we needed it! I will add photos, they will likely mean nothing to you, but something might touch your heart and my special moment will be recorded. I will not share the message I was given, but if you get a message from any of these photos, I would LOVE to hear about it. Thanks!
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Hi Cynthia,
ReplyDeleteI have been sitting at the computer for a few hours now preparing my Gospel Doctrine Lesson and doing a few other things. I have also been working on reading all the scriptures in the Topical Guide about Jesus Christ as part of the "April Awesomeness" challenge. That is actually what brought me to Facebook tonight. I had gotten on to look up a picture on a friends page that had the chart for the challenge. After I found it and printed it out I went back to the home page and there was your post. I don't think I have ever read one of your blogs before or if I have it has been a very long time and I don't remember. Which is probably the case since my memory is not quite up to par. Anyway I was drawn to read it tonight and look at the pictures. The pictures touched me. They are the kind of pictures I like to take. The thoughts that I had, when looking at the pictures, and I guess the studying of Christ that I have been doing helped remind me that our Savior does not see the ugliness, the damage, the weaknesses, the sins, the loneliness or whatever else we see in ourselves or the world sees in us. He only sees the beauty in each one of us. The strengths that we each have. The goodness in us. He loves us no matter who we are or what we have done. He is our example. That is how we should look at and treat our fellow brothers and sisters. We can not and will not always now what is going on in somebodies life. Or why they are the way they are. We just need to Love them and find the beauty in them. Beauty can be found in anything and everyone.
Jeff! I used some of your insights in my lesson with the young women today. Isn't it wondrous that you had different insights than what I was given but both are powerful?! God is so good. Thanks so much for your thoughts.
DeleteI used this in my lesson also. Thanks for sharing.
DeleteI love best the walks that are led by the Spirit. You found the beauty, and hopefully the peace. Thanks for sharing.
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