A Morning Reflection – Peaceful Reflection

Recently, my wife and I took a day off and spent several hours walking around a nearby nature preserve.  We are both working out of our home now and we are still adjusting to our home being both a workplace and a place of respite.  So we decided to get out of the house for awhile to find a little peace from all the things that had to be done.

It was a beautiful clear sunny day, warm but not hot with a very mild breeze.  Finally, the sun actually felt good.  We wandered slowly around the park sometimes quietly chatting, sometimes in silence and sometimes in prayers of praise taking in many wonders of God’s creation.

The park includes some wet lands areas and also a steady moving creek.  We stood for awhile on a boardwalk overlooking the creek.  On this calm clear day the water was as smooth as glass.  In some places I couldn’t distinguish the trees from the reflection of the trees!  I could only tell the water was moving due to some of the natural debris which was slowly but steadily moving downstream.

As I stood there watching one part of God’s creation beautifully reflecting the other creations in its surroundings, I realized this was only possible because of the calmness of the day.  If the mild breeze that felt so good had been more of a wind, the water would have been too disturbed to so perfectly reflect the things around it.

Thus it is with our hearts as well.  It is at those times when our hearts are calm and peaceful that we best reflect the love and mercy of our Creator to those around us.  When we allow our hearts to be disturbed by the events in our lives, we tend to turn inward and think mostly of ourselves.  We don’t even notice the needs of others around us.  However, when we give our disturbed hearts to the Lord in prayer, we can find His peace which surpasses all understanding.  With His peace in our hearts, no matter what debris may be moving through our lives, we can still reflect His great beauty which is all around us and in us for all those who surround us to see and experience.