Amidst the Conifers

Tonight, I switched my phone off and strolled slowly along the archway of silvery blue conifers. As I removed my shoes and walked barefoot along the grassy parkway that leads into the garden, I wondered how many more warm summer evenings there would be before Autumn gets here. I thought about home, about the sermon in church today, about Grasmere, about 9/11, the famine, the tsunami...and yet again, Kunzel played in my head....a harrowing but soulful violin solo that seems to be my current theme song at dusk.

I have had a beautiful day of sunshine and laughter and long drives through the country. Yet as I sat there among the conifers, I knew....so much more is happening around me - in the stillness, I asked Him again that in the everydayness of living, I would be peeled from myself so that I may always remember how much bigger the world is beyond my own horizon. In the stillness, my Jesus and I talked for a while, and I went away understanding a little more about His heart. I like my quiet walks with God in the garden, amidst the conifers. It helps to keep me focussing on the important things, to let go of the little things, and to remind me of the things to come.