Creation Care Walk (Continued Thoughts from Day 4)
May 12, 2010
by Rev. Mitch Hescox, Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Marlinton, WV
Most of today, we spend walking along the Greenbrier River. It was a beautiful day to walk filled with rain and more rain and even more rain. Given the low river and lake levels, this area of God’s creation was in need of a recharge. This morning before our start, I prayed for a fresh baptism for The Lord’s creation and God answers prayer. We walked less than five minutes when the heavens opened with a wonderful outpouring of wet “spirit.”
Some 12 or 13 miles later, we decided enough for today. When I stopped to remove a stone from my right shoe and began to retie my laces, I noticed my fingers were cold and numb and even a little blue. We found that today temperature throughout the walk was about 40 degrees. The temperature, the wind and THE RAIN made a for a chilly day.
When we allow creation to follow the Creator, recharge and renew; new life occurs. Jesus wants the same for us. But how often are we willing to walk with God, even in the cold rain to be renewed and recharged. So often, we hide from times of challenge, when they may be times of great renewal and life.
Along the Greenbrier this morning, clouds kept surrounding the mountains and the hollers with a beautiful caress. The clouds simply enveloped the mountains in a simple loving touch. God touched me at the same instant and while it felt cold and wet on the outside. The warmth put into my heart renewed my Spirit.
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Just reading your description of the beauty of God’s creation at a scale where you can actually pay attention to it–walking, has created a quite place for me in the midst of the concrete world of Hong Kong.
God’s blessings go with you!
enjoying your reflections.