Tybee Island, GA
This will be a brief blog post. Cecelia, the girls and I just returned from a great family vacation on Tybee Island in Georgia. We swam in the Atlantic (a first for Cecelia and Emma) , ate some amazing food, and got some much needed rest. I was taken by the beauty of the Island and all that God put on display for us. It seems like the beach really captures my imagination and I can see Jesus wandering and teaching on the shore, walking on the water, calling His Disciples. The presence of our Father is palpable as I stare at the vast open water and marvel at the one who created it. Rest plus natural beauty makes it so easy to commune with Him.
But, back to home, and work, and the well worn rut that sometimes makes missing His beauty and the work that He’s doing right under my nose…easy. Sad that being familiar with your surroundings can lull you to sleep and allow you to miss so much of His everyday beauty.
We have to work at training our eyes to see him in things we’ve looked at a million times. We have to know the Shepherd’s voice so that we don’t get so enamored with the pasture land that we can’t hear him call us into a deeper relationship by waters that seem strange to us.
Tonight, as I drove toward Wal-Mart, I saw a beautiful sunset, right here in Sylacauga. I heard my wife and children laugh and make jokes about my driving as I tried (stupidly/stubbornly) to get a picture of it. I felt the unseasonably cool wind on my face. In all that, I felt Him close to me - in spite of all my failings. He knows me. He wants me to know Him, in all his beauty.
Blessings and Peace in Christ Jesus our savior - Todd
Sylacauga , AL