Getting to work...
October 30, 2009
I live in downtown Winnipeg and I bike to work. Or, at least I will if it isn’t raining or snowing or really windy…basically the sun needs to shine and then I bike (I wish I was more hard core than that, but I’m just not). These last couple of mornings it has been chilly. The grass is often white with frost, you can usually see my breath and wearing my long johns has become permanent thing when I ride! BUT, the sun was shining (or at least trying to), the leaves on the trees are turning their yellows and reds, some nearby geese were honking and there were other cyclists out on the road…all these things made it feel warmer, but perhaps not for the reasons you think. Let me tell you why:
1. The sun itself makes sense…Sun=warm.
2. The trees were turning yellows and reds and oranges and browns….all of these colours warm me just to look at them.
3. The geese…while really annoying a lot of the time remind me of the changing seasons. The geese just know what to do in order to prepare for winter….it’s incredible how they just know. I also “just know” (because the thermometer says so) how to prepare for winter…it means big cozy sweaters, leg warmers, hot chocolate and afghans. All these things=warm.
4. The other cyclists and joggers….well, those things just made me feel not so alone…and when you are with people, then it just feels warmer.
But I think above all….it was these things because all of them together reminded me that these are the things that God created. It wasn’t the road, or the cars or the buildings that made me feel warm, it was the nature and the animals and the people….God’s creations. Sometimes, living in the down town of a city, God feels far away because nature is sometimes hidden in the “big city.” But this morning I was reminded that not only is God here, so are God’s creations….sometimes you just have to look a little harder!!
-By: Kristy Letkeman (the new program director of Camps with Meaning:)
I live in downtown Winnipeg and I bike to work. Or, at least I will if it isn’t raining or snowing or really windy…basically the sun needs to shine and then I bike (I wish I was more hard core than that, but I’m just not). These last couple of mornings it has been chilly. The grass is often white with frost, you can usually see my breath and wearing my long johns has become permanent thing when I ride! BUT, the sun was shining (or at least trying to), the leaves on the trees are turning their yellows and reds, some nearby geese were honking and there were other cyclists out on the road…all these things made it feel warmer, but perhaps not for the reasons you think. Let me tell you why:
1. The sun itself makes sense…Sun=warm.
2. The trees were turning yellows and reds and oranges and browns….all of these colours warm me just to look at them.
3. The geese…while really annoying a lot of the time remind me of the changing seasons. The geese just know what to do in order to prepare for winter….it’s incredible how they just know. I also “just know” (because the thermometer says so) how to prepare for winter…it means big cozy sweaters, leg warmers, hot chocolate and afghans. All these things=warm.
4. The other cyclists and joggers….well, those things just made me feel not so alone…and when you are with people, then it just feels warmer.
But I think above all….it was these things because all of them together reminded me that these are the things that God created. It wasn’t the road, or the cars or the buildings that made me feel warm, it was the nature and the animals and the people….God’s creations. Sometimes, living in the down town of a city, God feels far away because nature is sometimes hidden in the “big city.” But this morning I was reminded that not only is God here, so are God’s creations….sometimes you just have to look a little harder!!
-By: Kristy Letkeman (the new program director of Camps with Meaning:)
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