My most favorite place to be is laying on the ground, a bench or pretty much anywhere in the sun. I absolutely love the feeling of the warmth covering me & being able to rest my mind & body. My mind is one to never stop & is constantly thinking about the day & the most random things. Hence the reason I say random things with no context because it’s on my mind & I just need to share or else it will continue to replay again & again. Who’s with me?!! Also, I just love inviting people into my world & I’m excited to share it with them.
As much as I’m truly in love with the sun, I often wonder if it has similar feelings towards me because a very white girl, laying in the sun does not always turn out to be a nice bronze… Ya feel me?!! I often pay for it later but I can’t help it, I love the sun. I just keep going back! Ahhh, it’s so nice! My heart is Soooo happy that I get about 4 more months of it! I’m truly thriving, even if my red face may say otherwise.
Anyway, sorry I got a little carried away with my love for the sun. Let me get back to why I’m here writing to ya!
A couple weeks ago, I went to hangout with God & just talk with Him. And where did I go?
Yup! The sun, of course!
I went to lay & just chat it up with God. As I laid directly in the sun (sadly without sunscreen… Oops!), I asked God what He wanted to talk about that morning. He put the thought of my love for the sun on my mind. I rolled with it wondering where God was going to take it next. Why was He wanting to talk about that?
As the beautiful Guatemalan sun was beaming down on me, I began going through the specific reasons of why I loved being in the sun. And all I could think of was, “Well, I just love it! The sun just feels so nice! There’s really no way to describe it.” But God was like: “Okay, what else?” He was making me put more thought into it. As more reasons flooded my mind, God took my thoughts deeper until He told me the coolest thing ever!!!
When I lay in the sun, I’m in the Lord’s embrace! How special is that?! When I thought I couldn’t love it any more, God gave me a brand new appreciation & deeper love for it. It’s our special thing.
For the last few months, I was thinking how cool it would be to receive a hug from our Father. I would try to imagine what it’d feel like but couldn’t compare it to anything. It was something I wanted to experience & was waiting patiently to receive it.
I felt so loved & filled with joy that I had finally received a hug from God. I was then reminded of everyday at the end of senior year when I would lay in the sun on my red bench to rest & get away from the things going on throughout the day. Wow, He’s actually been hugging me all this time & I never realized it!
My red bench was a place that brought me rest & peace. All those times I was exhausted, stressed, worried or just wanted to relax, I’d go straight to my bench. Without fail, God met me with wide open arms ready to hold me in His embrace. A hug from God is being completely covered by His love & your heart full of joy. It’s being filled with peace and having all the worries of the day cast out by Him. It’s running to Him exhausted & leaving completely satisfied, refreshed & loved. No wonder I loved it so much!
Stay Tuned… & until next time, you’ll know where I’ll be 😉
