Encouragement

A typical day starting. I awaken with the sounds of nature and in the distance I can hear the sun rising. Preparing myself for the day ahead I could not help but have this "feeling" surrounding me. As I knelt down to love on my puppers a bit before rushing off, I felt a sense of sadness form her. I expressed my appreciation and love for her and told her to hang in there,stay strong for we will be leaving soon. I hate leaving her more and more everyday, for I know they are limited. In the car and down the road I go.

This "feeling" , which I had not discovered yet was still around me. Then it became stronger as I drove down the fog filled twists and turns of the Cottage Hill Road. Listening to some music I soaked in the sunlight and just praised God for another day. I took a different route to work as well as bringing my camera. God always has something in store even when we have no idea he is setting it up. Songs poured through my speakers and God began speaking to me through them. I heard words this morning that fell into place of the "feeling" I had from the moment I woke. Encouragement.. for me, for you and for all people. Love and compassion fell from heaven and upon me as I drove. I realized to the extent of who I am in God, and who I was WITHOUT God. The one song I heard was confirmation that I am doing things right for once.The spirit started to serenade my heart. I will follow you!! He will be with me no matter where I go, or how hard I fall, or how deep in the water I swim. With change he is there. He is the very reason for it. I have laid it all down and he is pleased. And just to give me the cherry on top, my lord gave me the song of my heart. That's what Faith can do. I need not to explain this, for you can hear it yourself. I will actually post them so you can be blessed as I was.

Along the way I realized why I brought my camera.There is this particular old barn falling apart that sits off the road. I am always drawn to it's character, which expresses beauty with age. With Ivy vines growing along it's outer shell and random weeds that create a decorative ambiance. Open land rests behind it allowing the eye to witness the color of change saturated the earth. Several round bails of hay outlined a path in the fields. The sunlight was just creeping along its side, embracing it's structure just enough to peak through the cracks of this beautiful structure. I tried to capture it's essence with my camera but sometimes,as I have learned, you can't always put things in a box. My eyes captured a radiant moment of change and beauty as it was gracefully reveled . I stood in awe as cars both flew by and slowed down to see what I was looking at. It was like I could hear it saying to me "beauty grows with time from within, let your beauty shine." I am a firm believer that if you posses beauty with in yourself, beauty will illuminate from you. As a photographer I knew the light was to intense to catch on film, so I just let in soak into my memory. All though I will go back to see if I can capture something along the lines.(hehe)

Between the songs that were sang to me ,the rare moment in a time of beauty and the over flowing love I received from God today, I understood the "feeling" that had been following me. It is harvest time. It is a season of warmth, gratitude, reaping and hope. Change is in the air, the earth is shifting. We are in a time a spiritual abundance and challenge all rolled into one. You will begin to feel this if you open your heart to it. We will begin to smell the sent of cider, foliage,and burning wood(or incense). You will begin to hear nature preparing for this change in weather, nesting and rest. You will begin to feel the warmth of your inner spirit, sentimental attachments and hibernation. I know you all know that "feeling" I am speaking about. You notice it with in as the seasons change. I find it to be a wonderful importance that we as humans and spiritual beings can sense the season approaching and it shares it's birthing and dying process. Another amazing gift from above. We were created to experience and use change for our birth and death.

So to all, open up your senses, embrace the season, and let love, beauty and growth flow with in and around you. Do not fear for the lord is with you.

MAY THIS SONG ENCOURAGE YOU AND INCREASE YOUR FAITH.