A Wanderer's Prayer

Dear God, I love you, I love you, I love you. I love you more than anything. There are many things that make me feel good, but of all those things, you make me feel the most at peace, you give me the greatest fulfillment, you provide me love that is most everlasting. I love you. I cannot explain the great things you do for me, the peace and assurance you provide me, the unconditional love that you continue to provide me even as I turn from you again and again and again. You are always there when I have doubts, you are always there when my luck is down, you are always there when I am feeling low, you are always there, even when I separate from you and can’t feel your presence. I experience your love directly and through the love and generous works of others. When I am separate from you and can’t feel your presence, I am saddened, worried, frightened, constantly doubting myself, shrouded in a sea of negative emotion that sucks the positive light out of me. I worry, worry, worry, worry. I think about all the ways my life should be that isn’t, I think of all the things I don’t have that I want and worry, I become filled with these negative emotions as my heart yearns for the things of the world that I want but don’t have. I fill up with jealousy towards others who have what I want but don’t have. The negative emotions build up and up and up. But then, but then, one moment of your love, one moment of your assurance, one reminder that you have a wonderful plan for me and have set me on a wonderful journey. I start to realize that I have all I need and that is you. I start to harken back to all the times I have been blessed, all the positive things I have done, all the positive experiences that has graced me, all the good in my life. I am happy, I am happy that you God bless me. One touch of you is enough. Lord I love you God, amen.

The Walk Outside

It is such a beautiful summer day outside. It is a Saturday morning in July and sunny, the temperature is 78 degrees F. The Wanderer looks outside and sees the beauty surrounding him. After eating breakfast and brushing his teeth, he puts on shorts and a t-shirt and he goes outside to walk around. He takes a look at the bushes, he takes a look at the trees on the leaves, the weeds are growing everywhere. And then he stops and looks around, he looks at the clouds, sky, and the scenery up ahead in the distance. He stops and appreciates it, God is in the air, God is present. God has made everything he sees and what God has made is beautiful. Nature is of God, and God is present in nature. The Wanderer likes to go outside and get a good look at this, because he becomes imminently closer to God. 

After a good look, he walks again, he continues walking until he stumbles upon a forest. The trees are everywhere, but they are separated enough to clear out a big path for him to wander through. He walks through the trees and is immediately caught up in their beauty. The trees are not doing anything except existing, but that is enough to get caught up in their beauty. The Wanderer walks through the trees while taking in the scenery and the fresh air. He takes in the sight of the trees, the sound of the birds chirping, the sight of a deer prancing through the forest. He walks before heading up to a river. He sees the river flowing, he hears the water rustling, he senses the coolness exuding from being next to it. It is calming, it is peaceful, it is a site for sore eyes and a sound for sore ears. This too is of God, and this too is majestic. 10 minutes of being lost in the sound of the river, the Wanderer goes back, taking in the sounds and sites of God’s natural forest. He leaves the forest to take in the beautiful sky, before going back in. He is separated from God’s natural wonder, but not separated from God himself. The memories of the sites and the feeling of peace are carried with him inside. The wanderer has experienced God.