ℍ𝕠𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕒!

I love sitting out here

in the morning

with my thoughts and

a cup of strong coffee

I don't see the houses

they're building

as much as I see

the beauty of Creation

He gave us the unique

ability to see and perceive

beauty and wonder in it

this towering oak tree above me

is not a random organism

derived from a

single cell

bacteria

amino acid

but by design

to provide

shade

shelter

food

to the creatures created by design

the breeze is His design

what if Jesus

had backed out?

what if He had called the angels

to extract Him?

He didn't need any angels

to save Him but it would have

given the religious leaders a show

that they couldn't deny

and demonstrated His holiness

beyond doubt

but nope

He came in the flesh

to live among His Creation

and die to turn us from

sinners to saints

Jesus is in the first words

of the Bible and all throughout

God's physical presence

was for a purpose

to show us how to

live

pray

love

rest

discern

to conduct ourselves in faith

about being cognizant

through discernment

about setting boundaries-

something I've always struggled with

but I'm learning...

even Jesus spent time alone

away from the crowds

so as I sit out here

admiring everything

that's been created

I get to watch an Osprey

with outstretched wings

coasting on the wind

a caterpillar crawled across

my arm on his way to

wherever it is he's off to today

Find your place

to find

peace

quiet

reflection

answers

rest

Over two thousand years ago

the crowds cried

"Hosanna in the Highest!"

thinking He came

to rule over the lands

but He did something better

He came

to rule over our hearts

and if we

open our hearts

He will come

even now, today

He is with me

"Hosanna!"

Amen.

“Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your King is coming to you, Lowly, and sitting on a donkey, A colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”

So the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them. They brought the donkey and the colt, laid their clothes on them, and set Him on them.

And a very great multitude spread their clothes on the road; others cut down branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Then the multitudes who went before and those who followed cried out, saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David! ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ Hosanna in the highest!”” Matthew‬ ‭21‬:‭5‬-‭9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬