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Tomorrow I escape. My time of leave has been granted for once a month. I can walk the plank and jump onto the sandy beach without fear of the crocodiles.

Well, in reality I'm escaping the crocodiles. I have to do this at least once a month. It helps to renew strength of mind. The renewal doesn't last very long but it is there. 

My writing may seem disjointed at times. I'm not sorry for that. It is necessary to be perfectly honest so that I do not mention any particulars. I write irregularly because of the stress I have been going through. It is not that I do not want to write. It is because I do not want to be negative all the time.


This little valley is where I currently live. It is a town out in the country. There is no major stores here - just groceries and shops. It's not a bad place to live if you're a local. 


My mountaintop rest

I like to hike. I typically hike alone for various reasons that actually have turned out ok for me. Hikes are prayer walks and faith builders. My usual prayer is that I be "protected from harm from any animate and inanimate objects". I'm talking about falling trees, snakes, insects, animals, humans... anything that could potentially bring harm to me. I also pray as I go. Not the whole time but I want this to be a time away and alone with God. Adoration- the A B C s of praising God through the alphabet, Confession - getting out every hindrance that is in me and laying it down before his throne, Thanksgiving - giving thanks for all the working parts and every good thing he provides, and then the very last part is Supplication- asking for my needs and for other's needs. The last part comes last for a reason. Adoration helps me focus and gets my thoughts off of all the anxieties. 


Just to have fun, I started doing these types of pictures to get an easy shot of what's above me. Really quite fun to get that abnormal perspective.


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