It’s been a while since I’ve been able to have my prayer dates outside. But now that the summer season has quickly approached, I thought it’d be a good day to try. I opened the front door to test the weather and sadly, it was cold. (BRIGHT AND SHINY SUN, WHY DO YOU DECEIVE ME?! HAHA!) For some reason, I decided to check out the balcony, which was on the same side, but on a different level as the front porch. I opened the door, and it was cold. So I figured it just wasn’t time yet. As I was settling in at the dining table staring out through the backyard door, I felt moved to still give it a third try. As I stepped outside, the sun shone more brightly and it was followed by the heat of the sun, and a light and cool breeze! So to my excitement, I quickly brought all my books out and sat on the deck at the back. THANK YOU, LORD; YOU ALWAYS PROVIDE!
As I began to settle in, thanking Him for making something so simple, so possible for me, I began to take note of other things…
The silhouette of the Niagara Escarpment at a distance from where I sat,
The sound of baby birds chirping in their nests on the rooftops of the houses,
Which quickly escalated into hearing the different species of birds chirping in tandem,
Then I was beginning to find some kind of peace in hearing all the children play around at school for recess, enjoying the break of summer,
And the cars, trucks, and buses that passed by seemed to come in perfect timing, adding some kind of awkward beat that just seemed to work with everything else I was hearing!
They were all things that have always been there, but in that moment, I was hearing it all in perfect harmony. It was as if God had prepared me an orchestra in nature of literally everything!
That’s when I realized what it was all about. YES, IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE. The warmth of the sun, despite of the coolness of the 2/3 times I’ve tried it out, the birds, the children, the cars, buses, trucks… EVERYTHING HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE. Nothing really dramatically changed or what not. But in the same way I had to go to my backyard to experience and realize it all, it doesn’t always take some sort of dramatic change to realize something great – it just takes a different angle in that same exact moment; A CHANGE OF PERSPECTIVE.