What We See

What do you see inside this frame?

You could go logical and say, "I see a walk way."
You could hypothesize that perhaps this walk way is a bridge, which would be rational and reasonable given that there are railings that would prevent falling.
You could go metaphorical and say, "I see an insight into life as being a journey where we only get to see so far down the road.  We cannot know everything, just a bit down the road.
You could focus instead on the greenery growing around, reaching up above.
Or the leaves reaching down from above.
It is almost as if the trees and plants are trying to form another kind of bridge next to the human constructed one.

We could focus on the planks that make up the bridge as a metaphor of each day of this week...how one-by-one they start to form/fashion a path.

We could focus on the railings and ask, what helps keep us safe?  OR what hems us in making us feeling confined?  OR what boundaries do we push up against along life's path?

We could look down the path to the small parts of shade as oasis, moments to rest from the journey ~ the invitation of Sabbath time.

The power of putting frames around life is that it helps us explore what we might otherwise gloss or glance over.

The above photo was taken on the same walk as the trees from two days ago.  It was taken at the turn around of a nature path.  I knelt down to try a different angle so you would be looking right down the path.  Behind me is an observation place, but all you could observe were trees...a few bugs.  But when I turned around I was taken by this visual prayer.

What we see.  But too often in the blurry speed of life we would miss this.  We would arrive at the end of the walk way turn around as if, "Nothing to see here."  To slow down long enough that we might get a glimpse or a trace of grace. 

May your vision be cleared and opened to God's movement in your midst this week.

Blessings ~~