My backyard is my “Happy Place”. It’s hard to explain, but it is a place where I can go and relax. It’s like taking a mini vacation. It doesn’t matter if I spend ten minutes or an hour; I can get away from it all.
O, there is always plenty to do: feed the squirrels and birds, maintain the swimming pool, mow the grass, water my three pepper plants, and much, much, more.
My favorite thing to do is sit. I’ll find some shade and escape from my reality. It’s therapeutic. I shut the worlds off. I can breathe. I watch. I listen. I slow down. Sooner or later, I hear God’s still voice. It’s just the two of us. He talks – I listen. I talk – He listens. It’s just the two of us!
The best part of my backyard sanctuary is that I’m reminded that I’m not alone. I know that God loves me, and what concerns me, concerns Hum. God is always ready and available to spend time with me. He really, really loves me.
I hope you have a “Happy Place”. It can be your front porch, your car, living room, or hundreds of places. A place that you can be reminded, “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called the children of God! And that is what we are!” (1 John 3:1)
To Live is Christ,
Bro. Danny Frazee