I haven't had much inspiration lately; so i haven't written. It's funny how life gets mundane, how the things you were once excited about become boring, how the beauty around you becomes mundane, how the blessings of life become reality and you don't notice them anymore. This morning my husband and i were up early and on our way to our internships. It's been a rainy gloomy day today, but when we arrived at the church our surroundings were stunning. I couldn't help but stand and stare. The sun was shining through the clouds just enough to light up the splendor of green earth around us. The church (where we work) is on a hill. So we were up above the little town of South Fork looking down on God's creation.
I have seen this view endless times and when i come to Colorado i am often amazed by the beauty, but it quickly becomes old news. Whenever i face a new faze of life i get all excited--or terrified--about what is to come. When i face the new "challenge" I am always amazed at God's provision, or at the blessings He has bestowed, or at the beauty of what i am engulfed in. Yet every time, just like clockwork, i get bored, or used to my predicament. I forget what is around me, even if it's punching me in the face.
I sit here with rain pouring outside my window. I stop. Pause. Breathe. That scent of freshness, of clean air. It's funny to me this thing called rain, in the city when it rains everything is crisp after. The city dirt and grim, washed away. Yet today even in rural Colorado the rain clears out the cobwebs in the air. The already pristine environment is cleansed further.The mountains are a more stunning blue, the already pure oxygen hits your lungs with an unusual oomph, the leaves on the trees are a sparkling green and they looked refreshed, they enjoyed the long drink!
I see myself as the renewed piece of Colorado. Restored, even though i thought i was already clean and pure. I had been missing all the goodness God had around me. The oxygen tastes almost sweet as i breathe it in, i stop, pause, breath. This is the life He has given me today and i will rejoice in it!
