Pickles & Praise

Do you ever run across something in your average day and think “that’ll preach”?

Yesterday I trotted out the door and began walking “my loop”. It’s about an hour walk, sprinkled with flat surfaces a steep decline and a steep incline. No doubt the incline gets the best of me every time these days, but the goal is to push to the top without stopping, and I get there every time a little less winded. We’ve been in heat advisories here, so lately, I’ve had to walk later than I would like to for efficiency sake, but none the less… I go. 

I had just triumphed my incline of 1400 Ft or so. I was feeling rather accomplished because I did it a little more swiftly than the previous trek. The road leveled out and as my breathing began to slow I could hear my heartbeat less and less in my ears and the melody playing on my ear buds softly rang through again. I began to pray. I began to pray for my nerves and anxieties that are revealing themselves in this season of my life. I prayed to trust whole heartedly and not to shut “my people” down and keep them out of the window of my world. I think there is strength in allowing others to see your darkest places because maybe, just maybe, those we allow to look can shine a little light in there for you. 

Rounding the corner I looked to my right where the “hill” of a road rolls off into a cul-de-sac. DEAD END the sign read. I wish I would have snapped a photo but I was a girl on a mission …. Just beyond the dead end sign where the trees bend and wind downward to the river … the most beautiful pink and purples and oranges melted into the landscape … maybe one of the prettiest “subtle” sunsets I’ve seen in a while. I thought … ready for it? …. “That’ll preach” 

Just beyond the dead end is where God shows up. Just beyond the dead end is where Light shines and creates the most beautiful masterpieces.. I know our world and our realities can be brass and hard but just beyond the DEAD END is promise. I love you all and I love You more than you know.