A "JUST BE" MORNING

I had planned on doing a post about folk art today, but the weather was so balmy this morning that I sat in the back yard to do my devotional....even the dogs were peaceful today. Anyway, it's not very often that I just, what I call, "be". But this morning was a "Just Be" morning. As a result, a poem flowed forth onto the pages of my devotional journal that I need to share. Now, don't get me wrong....I'm rarely this open and focused during my morning quiet times....usually my mind is darting to and fro, and I have to keep "dragging it back"....But, for some reason this morning was different....

Breezes gently flowing

rustling through the trees...

An orchestra of cicadas

of birds and buzzing bees...

Hummingbirds zoom to and fro

like little fighter planes.

Four dogs are lounging round-a-bout

while overhead God reigns.

Crepe myrtles stand guard silently,

all lushly pink and green...

A backdrop for the "fighter planes"

as I survey the scene.

The dogs begin to rouse a bit...

to nose about my chair.

But then they settle down again;

they see that I'm still there,

And so, Dear Lord, as I look about,

as I lounge before Your "chair"...

I'm awed anew by Your omniscience...

and Your Presence everywhere...

By the fact that You made me, Dear Lord...

You created all this I see...

You know my ups and downs, Dear Lord...

I should be on bended knee.

Please forgive me, Father,

help me to start anew...

Living my life and setting my sight

on You and ONLY You.

-In Jesus Name...