Captured Moments
Greetings dear and precious Sisters-in-Christ,
We just got back from a 17 day road trip. Traveled through 9 states (Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota and Wyoming). Left on the 22nd of September and home by the 8th of October. The main reason for going was medical for my husband. He had scheduled appointments at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Secondary was to visit our two sons; one son living in Ohio and the other living in Indiana. Whenever we have a road trip I have to plan in advance because the less times I need to stop at a rest area the farther along we can get in a day. (I know that is kind of personal but still a fact). Seventeen days and 9 states of captured moments. What does this mean?
From the moment we back out of our driveway and turn the corner onto the street leading to the highway we take to begin our road trip, the capturing of moments begin. The initial route we take we are very familiar with so we look for the special places where the coyotes have been spotted before and also to the telephone poles where the bald and golden eagles hang out and also the various species of hawks. Yes it is the wildlife that are our captured moments. It isn't until we enter into North Dakota that the captured moments change drastically. We enter into a different world completely, don't really know how to label it but... indeed the captured moments are just as beautiful and wonderful. We have made other road trips but this one I sensed was going to be different. Little did I know...
This adventurous journey was all about the captured moments of my day. I know that it was the Lord opening my eyes and my ears and my conscious mind to see His Beauty in the events of the day. Every day from beginning to end was an adventure and by that I mean: NOUN - an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. VERB - engage in hazardous and exciting activity, especially the exploration of unknown territory. Whether it is used as a noun or a verb the day was indeed all of these; unusual, exciting, hazardous in the sense of trying to second guess where the ORANGE cones were going to be next, and exploring unknown territory.
Yes, each day lived whether at medical appointments or entering the lobby of our hotel or waking up in our sons' houses and enjoying their lives or driving down the road listening to Sirius radio or visiting special places with your son and having him show you his interests or watching your granddaughter skate or sitting at the dinner table and talking and listening to what matters or walking into a house where everything has been prepared for your stay or sitting on a comfortable couch just listening to the voices of chatter or hearing the sound of your favorite song being played by your granddaughter or being greeted with a welcoming smile or knowing that the complimentary breakfast does have gluten free options.
Yes, captured moments that will linger in my mind and in my thoughts!!
Abba Father, Thank You and Praise thee for all the captured moments of our lives. Lord, I pray for each dear and precious sister-in-Christ that each day from beginning to end she would KNOW and TRUST and REST in the blessed assurance that each captured moment of her life is of You. It is for Your Glory and for her Good. Yes, may she rejoice in her day knowing that You have made it and ALL (the adventure of it) has been planned and purposed and directed and lovingly prepared by You, our Sovereign Lord. LORD also teach us to number our days and remember that each captured moment is precious. I ask this in the Precious Name of Jesus, the Name above all names, Amen.
Blessings,
LyndiaSue
We just got back from a 17 day road trip. Traveled through 9 states (Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota and Wyoming). Left on the 22nd of September and home by the 8th of October. The main reason for going was medical for my husband. He had scheduled appointments at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Secondary was to visit our two sons; one son living in Ohio and the other living in Indiana. Whenever we have a road trip I have to plan in advance because the less times I need to stop at a rest area the farther along we can get in a day. (I know that is kind of personal but still a fact). Seventeen days and 9 states of captured moments. What does this mean?
From the moment we back out of our driveway and turn the corner onto the street leading to the highway we take to begin our road trip, the capturing of moments begin. The initial route we take we are very familiar with so we look for the special places where the coyotes have been spotted before and also to the telephone poles where the bald and golden eagles hang out and also the various species of hawks. Yes it is the wildlife that are our captured moments. It isn't until we enter into North Dakota that the captured moments change drastically. We enter into a different world completely, don't really know how to label it but... indeed the captured moments are just as beautiful and wonderful. We have made other road trips but this one I sensed was going to be different. Little did I know...
This adventurous journey was all about the captured moments of my day. I know that it was the Lord opening my eyes and my ears and my conscious mind to see His Beauty in the events of the day. Every day from beginning to end was an adventure and by that I mean: NOUN - an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity. VERB - engage in hazardous and exciting activity, especially the exploration of unknown territory. Whether it is used as a noun or a verb the day was indeed all of these; unusual, exciting, hazardous in the sense of trying to second guess where the ORANGE cones were going to be next, and exploring unknown territory.
Yes, each day lived whether at medical appointments or entering the lobby of our hotel or waking up in our sons' houses and enjoying their lives or driving down the road listening to Sirius radio or visiting special places with your son and having him show you his interests or watching your granddaughter skate or sitting at the dinner table and talking and listening to what matters or walking into a house where everything has been prepared for your stay or sitting on a comfortable couch just listening to the voices of chatter or hearing the sound of your favorite song being played by your granddaughter or being greeted with a welcoming smile or knowing that the complimentary breakfast does have gluten free options.
Yes, captured moments that will linger in my mind and in my thoughts!!
Abba Father, Thank You and Praise thee for all the captured moments of our lives. Lord, I pray for each dear and precious sister-in-Christ that each day from beginning to end she would KNOW and TRUST and REST in the blessed assurance that each captured moment of her life is of You. It is for Your Glory and for her Good. Yes, may she rejoice in her day knowing that You have made it and ALL (the adventure of it) has been planned and purposed and directed and lovingly prepared by You, our Sovereign Lord. LORD also teach us to number our days and remember that each captured moment is precious. I ask this in the Precious Name of Jesus, the Name above all names, Amen.
Blessings,
LyndiaSue
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