I just found this post from a year ago and it describes exactly what I just did...you ask...why so important? I tell you why :). For the last 7 months of craziness I have been looking forward to simply taking a walk with my dog (alone...without 20 people around me) at dusk and enjoying God's creation: the smell, horses, temperature, lighting, EVERYTHING! GAHHH...it feels so good to be home and the ability to have the time to go on a peaceful walk and converse with Mr. Jesus!! LOVE IT. After being gone so long you realize the blessings you have at home. Here's the post from a year ago!
My saturday = sleep in, wish the padre Happy Bday, wash Tess, good QT, clean room, hang out with DK, and spend the afternoon at a used bookstore (quite thrilling :) ).......and to end the day...why not take Tess for a nice walk. So as dusk hit (my all time favorite time of day)...off Tess and I went on a little stroll. The first thing that I noticed was the incredibly strong smells. As I walked I closed my eyes and literally every couple steps a new smell came about. So I made a game...in my head (always fun!!) I started naming the smells as I walked....the difference between every new flower, the small stream trickling nearby, the smell of the horses, the horses manure, the pine, newly cut lawn, wet grass, the smell of the recently hot cement, the crisp night air, the rain waiting to fall, the smell of night, wet cement...my game was soon ended by the awakening sound of my newly cleaned dog splashing in that once nice smelling stream.........no good. However, as I continued my walk with Tess....I thought..."holy cow, what an imagination our God has!" What an imagination to create distinct smells...to create trees, seasons, dogs, yards, humans......the complexity of it all is overwhelming and at the same time spellbounding because the One who has such a ginormous amount of imagination....has a ginormous amount of love and compassion for me. Kind of humbling to show how small I am and how much I need my Creator. HELLLOOOOOOOO.....AWESOME!!! My walk ended with a nice little sprinkle on the forehead along with small side order of peace.
