Day 30

This beautiful piece titled "Contemplation: Dog Art Painting" was created by Sharon Cummings and can be purchased at http://fineartamerica.com/ as well as redbubble.com

A suggestion for your prayer and meditation:

Find a tree. Sit and stay.
Pastor Patty Fox 40 Days with 40 Christian Mystics

I've tried to add a photo of the tree I spend a lot of my time staring at but the blogger app does not approve of photos at the moment.
I have a bit of a tree obsession. They make me feel calm and yet in awe. They're beautiful. Pretty much the most relatable thing I've read is the Pete Seeger quote:
"Every time I'm in the woods, i feel like I'm in church". Amen.

Enjoy Our World

The end of the first week has arrived really quickly. Today's task was to plant seeds- not really achievable from my hotel room! The kids planted their seeds with their dad, sent me photos and Skyped me so I could share their experiences.
My hotel is in the middle of a golf course and quite an artificial environment. I have tried in my own way to enjoy the world around me.
I ate breakfast overlooking the golf course and it was lovely to look at the early morning sky. I also took time to go outside and breathe the fresh air between the teaching sessions. There was a beautiful sunset on our way to evening prayer which unfortunately I didn't get chance to photograph.
There's beauty all around if you look for it.

I'm pretty exhausted from my week but a delightful highlight this evening was being flash-mobbed by the shortly to be ordained 3rd years during our evening meal to a bit of Footloose.

Genesis 1.31: God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good.