Three good ways to enjoy God in the midst of a walk. As great at the horses were, I do love my puppy in the buttercups.Īnd I loved the bluebird. Just as there is not just one photo subject (horse), there are different ways to connect with God. I realized that was what I was doing in a way…focusing on what I love…beautiful things, as well as the one who created them. I tried to get the horses to look at me for the photo I had in my head, but no go. This weekend when I walked by the buttercup field with several horses it took my breath away. I am dropping the photos into an app that will make me a video slideshow of them at the end of the year. So far it has been a powerful prayer practice. Some are screen shots of something I saw online. I am a couple of weeks into it and have been doing pretty well. One idea that was suggested was to take a photo a day representing a way that I connected with God that day.
I just need to find my way for that day and not judge myself on someone else’s way on a different day. There are a million different ways to capture the joy that God has for me. I was reminded, yet again, that there are many different ways to do the same thing. I was reminded, yet again, to not “should” myself. I, however, tend to think I SHOULD read my Bible more each day. My camera, a conversation, prayer, scripture, a book, a walk, nature, flowers, journaling-all have helped me connect with God and strengthen my faith, and given me a better sense of my purpose.
I get to choose any number of exciting ways to connect with God on a given day.
I tend to take on lots of SHOULDS in my life and skip the I GET TO’s and I miss so much of what God has for me. One of the things that I learned, or re-learned, or maybe heard for the 100 th time (or may even have taught 100 times!), is to find ways to connect with God that you LOVE. Recently I had the chance to go away for a week to do some training on self-care specifically for pastors.
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