just be
this weekend, i went to kansas city. i went to see friends, buy furniture, to get away...but most of all, to drive. you see, in all of kansas, i have not found a better place to drive than between mile marker 104 and 119 on i-35. it's God's hidden treasure on the interstate between eldorado and emporia.
have you ever tried to take a picture of a moment that is so much bigger than you? every time you look at it afterwards, it hints at what you saw, but it could never begin to contain what you felt. that's how i feel on this drive. i can't really explain it to you so you will understand. it is my little piece of heaven in the prairie. there is no place where the sky feels as big, i feel as small; where the sky seems so blue and the grass seems so green. God is so real to me during these 15 miles, He is dwelling in the hills of the prairies.
every time i drive this stretch, i must have one thing, music. i turn my speakers up so loud i think the cars around me could hear it. most of the time it's songs that speak of the God bigger than me and the power and glory He radiates. i keep one hand on my steering wheel and the other out in worship. i'm not usually a person who lifts her hands in church, but there is always something so overwhelming to me in these moments on the road that i can't keep it down. it raises in worship.
i am always amazed when i look over at the drivers around me. do they see what they're missing? do they realize they are so focused on getting to where they are going, they are missing where they are? so consumed are they in their thoughts or life's worries that they are passing a chance to just be. i hope you don't miss it.
have you ever tried to take a picture of a moment that is so much bigger than you? every time you look at it afterwards, it hints at what you saw, but it could never begin to contain what you felt. that's how i feel on this drive. i can't really explain it to you so you will understand. it is my little piece of heaven in the prairie. there is no place where the sky feels as big, i feel as small; where the sky seems so blue and the grass seems so green. God is so real to me during these 15 miles, He is dwelling in the hills of the prairies.
every time i drive this stretch, i must have one thing, music. i turn my speakers up so loud i think the cars around me could hear it. most of the time it's songs that speak of the God bigger than me and the power and glory He radiates. i keep one hand on my steering wheel and the other out in worship. i'm not usually a person who lifts her hands in church, but there is always something so overwhelming to me in these moments on the road that i can't keep it down. it raises in worship.
because i'll never
hold a picture of the whole horizon in my view;
because i'll never, rip the night in two,
it make me wonder
who am i? who am i?
and great are You
great are You Lord.
i am always amazed when i look over at the drivers around me. do they see what they're missing? do they realize they are so focused on getting to where they are going, they are missing where they are? so consumed are they in their thoughts or life's worries that they are passing a chance to just be. i hope you don't miss it.
posted by jill m at 6:28 PM
2 Comments:
"JUST BE" I dig this verry much Jill. I agree, all to often we are so consumed with what is happening in our lives that we don't stop to take a moment to realy see and feel what is around us. I know the stretch of land you are speaking of and my favorite happening in this part of the world is when there a light airy clouds drifting in front of the sun casting moving shadows onto the ground as if to say come play with me. It really is beautiful. Continue to take those moments and feel them.
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