Its a windy day in Southern California. It has been windy for almost four days. But just as much as I despise the wind, and the fire warnings that accompany it, today I'm grateful. I walked outside today and instead of seeing the perpetual rusty haze of the California sky, I saw blue.
It was a bright, crayola sky blue color. The mountains in the distance held a bit of stubborn snow at their peaks and contrasted in a pituresque way that made me feel like I live inside of a postcard.
The hills in front of my house, alive with the bright green grass that will soon fade into yellow makes our town look a bit like Ireland. The emerald crests of the hillsides float in the wind, and watching it is mesmerizing, like watching the silent ripples gliding across a pond.
I don't know how I came to live in such an amazing place, or why God decided that I should be able to witness something like this, as if I deserve to see such beauty in such a simple way. Yet I know that it's a day like today when I want to put all of my plans on hold and just be. A passage from the bible says, "Be still and know that I am God." I've always struggled with that, especially being endowed with ADD tendencies. Yet today with the unadulterated blue sky and the green sprawling hills and white-capped mountains in the background, it was all too easy to be still.
So I encourage you, dear reader, wherever you are, whatever you may be doing, take some time. Look at the sky, and whatever God has blessed you to be surrounded by, and just be. It doesn't matter if you're stuck in a city where the grass is man-made, or in the desert where there is no grass. Just take a minute. Look up. And remember to forget for a second your busy schedule. You'll see what I mean.
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