May Long Weekend

Well...I haven't posted anything in a couple months. It's kinda crazy how time slips by, often without us noticing. We can so easily get caught up in our busy lives that we don't take time to slow down and just enjoy the moments as they are passing. It's the May long weekend here in Canada and alot of people are camping and/or hanging out with family and friends. I would have liked to get out and do something exciting like that, but, due to circumstances, I didn't. Self-pity was knockin' at my door, tryin' to get me to feel sorry for myself. But instead, I just kinda 'chilled', trying my best to relax; and in that quite place, I could feel God wooing me, and this morning I had some really good reflection time with God. Life has been so fast-paced lately that I really havn't taken that time to enjoy all the little things, to revel in the beauty that God has placed all around me. I've had that opportunity this weekend, the time to think, ponder and just simply enjoy the simple things in life.
I sat on the deck with my Love, just listening to the early morning sounds. It was beautiful - pure bliss, actually - to bask in His presence and enjoy His creation with Him. Feeling the brisk morning breeze caressing my face as the pure, unadulterated sunlight washed me in warmth. Hearing the magpies and crows beckon their feathered friends to join them in their 'joyful noise to the Lord', the excited early morning chatter of care-free sparrows, and the hopeful song of humble robins fill the air. The invigorating smell of earth coming alive in Spring filled my senses. It really was a beautiful time. It's at times like these that you wish you could just 'pause' life and stay in that place. But that's not how life works, we are to keep moving forward, not stay camped in one place. And when we choose to keep moving forward - regardless of how painful it may be to walk in that path chosen for us - the wonderful thing is that God will reward us with marvelous things that we've not even dreamed of. Yes, it may be painful to be grown and stretched, but it is because of that stretching that we are then able to Love in a greater capacity.