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IT WAS A GREAT, SUNNY WARM DAY TO GET OUT ON THE RAIL TRAIL WHICH PASSES BY MY COMPLEX. THIS RAIL TRAIL STRETCHES ACROSS OUR COUNTY WHICH ORIGINALLY WAS THE TRAIN TRACK WHEN THE TRAIN WAS IN OPERATION AND TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE IN 1968. I WALKED INSTEAD OF USING MY SCOOTER. I SAW A RABBIT, HEARD THE BIRDS SINGING, OTHERS CHASING PREY AWAY . I CAME ACROSS AN EVERGREEN AS SEEN IN THE PHOTO PROVIDED. ON OTHERS I NOTICED NEW FORMING CONES, OTHERS MORE MATURE AND MANY IN A CLUMP OF THREE. TO ME, THIS REMINDED ME OF THE TRINITY–GOD THE FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT. I ALWAYS MARVEL AT GOD’S CREATION AND PRAISE HIS NAME FOR MAKING THIS WORLD BEAUTIFUL.
IT WAS YESTERDAY THAT I REC’D WORD THAT MY COUSIN HAD PASSED AWAY. I WAS DROOPY IN SPIRIT. DROOPY hanging down; sagging. lacking in spirit or courage; disheartened; dejected. Synonyms: forlorn, subdued, depressed, doleful, downcast, downhearted, discouraged, despondent, dispirited.
JUST LIKE THAT CHRISTMAS TREE I SAW ALONG THE TRAIL WITH ITS DROOPY BRANCHES. I FELT A LITTLE DOWN, DROOPY IN SPIRIT. FOR BELIEVERS, THERE IS HOPE. IN MATTHEW 5:4 IT SAYS,’ BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN,FOR THEY WILL BE COMFORTED” (NIV). WE ARE COMFORTED BY OUR COMFORTER, THE HOLY SPIRIT. NOT ONLY THIS BUT HE WALKS ALONGSIDE WITH US THROUGH EACH AND EVERY VALLEY WE PASS THROUGH. HE IS OUR PEACEMAKER IN AND THROUGH OUR STORMS OF LIFE.
MY MOM PASSED AWAY IN 1972 AT AGE 53. SHE HAD A ‘BACK TO THE BIBLE ‘ BOOKLET AND IN SIDE IT WAS WRITTEN IN HER HANDWRITING, “IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL”. I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN THIS.
MY COUSIN WAS A BELIEVER AND HEAVEN HAS GAINED A SAINT. LIKE THAT DROOPY FIR TREE REMINDS ME OF WHAT EMOTIONS CAN DO TO ONE, I KNOW THAT I CAN LEAN ON JESUS MY COUNSELLOR AND COMFORTER AND THROUGH HIS HELP MY HEART AND YOURS CAN BE HEALED AND FLOURISH.
NATURE WALKS ARE GOOD FOR PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING.
