I love the city. I love meeting new people and seeing how people live. It’s easy to get on public transportation and get anywhere you need to and well, there’s lots of stores to find what you need.
I grew up in rural southern Maryland (now it resembles more of suburbia as compared to 25 years ago when I first moved there). I grew up playing outside and exploring the woods with my brother and best friend. I loved crabbing with my Pop-Pop, I loved playing in the fallen autumn leaves with my brother, I loved eating the fresh veggies from Nana and Pop-Pop’s garden, I loved the smell of fresh cut grass and walking in barefeet on it, I loved the smell of summer nights by the Chesapeake Bay, I loved chasing lightning bugs and hearing crickets and frogs, I loved sledding around barbed-wired fences just to get a good slope, I loved skiing with my family, I loved listening to the ice-covered trees falling in the woods, I loved smelling wood burning stoves on a crisp fall day…….I could go on and on. I love nature, I love being outside and being in awe of what God has created. God continues to awe me with his creation……I love it. There’s a thrill and an exhilaration in seeing something so magnificent…something you’ve never seen before and then just worship God for what he has made. I was really needing some time out of the city…I needed a rest, a respite, a reminder of who God is. This past weekend, Brian, the boys and I made our third attempt to see the Botanical Orchid Garden. We finally got there, and it was more refreshing than I ever thought it would be. It was beautiful and amazing and incredible to see God’s creation here in tropical Costa Rica. The plants and trees and flowers are so colorful and enticing.
“My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.” Psalm 62:1-2
I love living in the city, but it’s important for me to have days out in nature to be reminded of why I’m living in the city…..it’s for God’s purpose, it’s for his people, it’s for his glory. It’s important for all of us to have time away from our busy lives to be reminded of why we do what we do and for who we are doing it.
I teared up a little at your description of all the outdoor things you loved as a kid. And at your last paragraph. I am SO glad that you guys got your day at the gardens. I just feel so privileged to think of working with you guys.
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