Today’s Thought “A Walk in the Woods” G. Ward

 

Mark 6:31  And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.

 

There’s a place necessary for organizing thoughts that yields activity proper for the future; it’s called solitude. Those plans should not be what appears prudent to follow (cf. Judg.21:25), but consider that which disallows regret. Contemplations lending itself to self-satisfaction limits environmental joy. In other terms, while my happiness is altogether momentary, it may remind another feeling neglected of their misery worth pervading on you and discomfort leading to another quest is soon un-met, becoming the vicious cycle warranting seclusion that grants rest from my weariness (*Phil.4:11-13).

As trees, insects and wild flowers have existed (peaceably so and without wavering) throughout the generations, we’ve been called to intentional reliance on our Sufficient God and when that’s forsaken, back in the saddle again…