Saturday, June 6, 2015

Dear God,

I love to step outside in the early morning to greet you.  I love the sea salt air that awaits me.  I love the countless images of the sacred that are just outside my back door.  What I did not love was what unknowingly lurked out in the woods.

I was feeling better from being sick for nearly two weeks so I decided to rise early to work on my spiritual garden in the woods.  I was digging a hole for flowers when I heard a terrible racket.  The birds were screaming, howling, and screeching.  I rose from the ground and looked up into the sky but there were no birds that I could see.  It was so troubling because it sounded like something was being killed.  Suddenly the noise started moving forward in my direction and that's when I saw it.  A large cat was lumbering through our woods.  I dropped the shovel and started running for the house.  When I climbed the steps up to the porch and looked back, I heard the noise move to my neighbor's yard and then quickly across the field and the sound faded.  My heart was still pounding when I got inside the house.  Finally, I called the police and they referred me to the game warden who told me the animal was a wild bobcat.

As the morning wore on and I finally carefully moved back into the woods, I realized all things belong to you even bobcats looking for food for their young.  When I was convinced the cat was not searching for human food, I could rally and give thanks.

Creator God,
help me see
the good
in all things.
Teach me
to trust you
every day.
Thank you
for springtime surprises.

Love, Andrea