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Location: Blogs Brad's BlogMid-Week Missive |
 | | Posted by: Brad Miller | 4/3/2008 7:16 AM | Greetings!
I made a mistake today.
Oh, like that’s big news.
No, the mistake I made today was going outside. I went outside, without a jacket on. I went outside where God is slowly awakening all of creation around us after a long, dormant, winter. I went outside where the whole idea of going back inside seemed ridiculously absurd at best, and painfully torturous at worst. I went outside and saw people slowing crawling out of their cocoons, pale skin shining, dazed look in their eyes, squinting eyelids blinking back the glorious sun. I went outside and after awhile the idea of going inside didn’t bother me anymore, because the whole concept of “inside” held no meaning for me. I went outside and discovered a little bit of my humanity that I lost when the sun started setting early and the temperatures started to drop. I went outside and found that I was walking a little more quickly, smiling a little more broadly, breathing a little more deeply. I went outside and discovered that spring is much more than a season: it is an absolute necessity. I went outside and knew that the atheists are wrong.
Now I find it difficult to work, difficult to think, difficult to focus. So unless you want to be overwhelmed with the joy of life, unless you want to be shaken out of your winter doldrums, unless you want to be awed by the sight of flowering trees and even more beautiful flowers, unless you want to greet smiling neighbors ready to get reacquainted: DO NOT GO OUTSIDE!
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
For your prayer lists:
Please keep the Olson Family in your prayers. The transition to an Alzheimer’s care facility for Julia’s mother has gone wonderfully well. Julia reports it feeling like answered prayers and thanks all of BCC for their continued support and prayers.
Please keep Doris Caldwell in your prayers. She had a severe asthma attack that landed her in the emergency room overnight Sunday. She is home and feeling better. Please keep Daonne in your prayers, too, as she continues as her mothers primary caregiver.
I hope you will be able to get to worship this week as we celebrate “Praise On Peachtree” in the fellowship hall at 11:00 a.m. Have a great rest of the week!
Be peaceful,
Brad
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