Thoughts while I waste away in hunger.

I am, as of late, rediscovering the created world and its wonders.  For years now I have been disconnected with the wind in the trees and the sound of rain and the smell of wet leaves.  Living in a medium sized city for more than a decade had changed me.  Well, that and my gradually increasing fear of solitude and quiet.  That came about with an underlying hurt and bitterness toward God that I hadn’t realized existed.  But I am mended and on the mend; my faith looking more like it did at its inception than the years in between growing doctrinaire. I now live in the country and am surrounded by lovely fields and horses.  I have a hundred year old house with a tin roof and a large front porch and a bench swing upon which I can sit idly and watch the grass grow, the turkeys peck at the ground, and the world pass me by. My life is good because God is good, and though I have passed through various trials (and shall do so as long as I draw breath) I know that there is always peace and contentment awaiting me if only I dwell on the most important truths in my life and not the lesser… the latter being whatever circumstance - be it good or ill - that I am facing; the former being that Jesus Christ died and was buried and rose again the third day - taking upon Himself the wrath of God so that I will not bend under God’s justice but, rather, I can come boldly before the throne of grace.  I can do so because of the faith authored and fostered by God in me, and because He alone is my lord and it is He whom I serve and not mammon (however imperfectly). A burger and a beer are beckoning me so I’ll digress for now.  Thanks to burntsienna for the rec. of this blog world. =0)