TGIF
The road that Trey and I travel everyday is prime country for red tailed hawks and golden eagles.
We’ve counted them and named many of them, and we watch for them every day.
They bring a sense of wonder and awe of the Creator to me…their grace and freedom in the air are reminders that I own such as well, though grounded.
We often want to slow down and watch them as they hunt, glide, or just perch in regal posture overlooking their territories.
This usually elicits honks,taunts, and extended middle digits from those who have sped up behind us.
It frustrates Trey, but it saddens me…they have to get somewhere so fast that they miss the wonder of the journey.
I was reminded of that when I saw this video…
Now, that kind of piano playing is close to experiencing the Rapture for me.
Even if that wasn’t my preferred musical genre I would have loved to have been there to witness spontaneous brilliance in such a mundane setting.
Most of God’s best work is done that way…inexplicable interventions into the daily routines of life.
It’s easy to miss it.
Most of the time we are like the audience for this performance…focused on our tasks and destinations and oblivious to the work of God right in front of us.
We become like the man wearing his headphones and holding his sign…deaf and looking only one direction when joy was right behind him.
Worse yet, we can become so hardened that the grace birthed interruption to our routine annoys and irritates us… and we scorn the distractions that could heal us.
God is always with us…and often looking to show us His love and grace in nature and people alike in our day to day lives.
Look for Him.
Listen for the sound of His hands playing holy instruments.
I didn’t listen to the video for a week…I was too busy.
Make your own application…
The blessing is here and now we are living now…. we wait for nothing. Today if you hear his voice…
I was expecting Jerry Lee Lewis. Close enough.
We live in an area that it between city and farmland….and the dear seems to wander fairly close to the city area….the other day we saw 7 dear at once, I made Buster pull over and we sat for sometime just watching them, they were so graceful. …Like Michael said, sometimes ya’ just gotta stop and listen, watch…..and marvel.
Give me the slow life over the hustle anytime….
Michael, are you going to listen and watch this week? 😉
Rob, that is what I thought….but like you said, close enough .lol He was really good.
top drawer TGIF, thanks.
Great music to start the day. I started my day with a glorious gift from God … no traffic on the freeway. I did take notice and gave praise. 🙂
I was driving to work this morning. The fields of corn had a dew on them and there was a slight ground mist. These combined with the golden sunlight made for a beautiful diffusion of light. If i could hsve, i would have stopped. Unfortunately, no pullovers combined with crazy drivers made that impossible. It was pretty anyways.
One of my unfulfilled fantasies is to be able to sit down at the piano and play like that young man! I hate him! 🙂 I would still be listening to him…
Loved the pic of the raptor Michael! They are so beautiful. We have many red-tails down here in my area but the only golden I’ve ever seen was up on Palomar close to the telescope dome. In my own tribal traditions (I’m Wisconsin Native American with a German or two in the woodpile) the eagle and the hawk are highly revered spiritual talismans just like the saintly icons are for Eastern Orthodox folks.