I love car rides! It could be a 10 minute ride to the hardware store or a 3 hour ride to the beach; it doesn't matter to me. My husband would contest that I love car rides because of the quality time I get with the back of my eyelids; however, the real reason I love car rides is the chance to sit back and enjoy the sights.(When I am awake!) To me; it's peaceful to look out over a crop field and watch rows and rows of beans pass by. I think it has to do with the uniformity and structure of the lines. Each seed was placed with such care and certainty of where it needs to be in order to grow properly.
I was blessed to take in such beauty this afternoon on our way to Florence, SC. It took us about 2 hours to travel through Cheraw on our way and then another 2 hours back through McBee. It was just before McBee, that I started to notice the colors in the sky. The sun had been setting for several minutes now, the sky had gone from blue to yellow and was now this crisp white that was fading into the wood line. I couldn't help but stare as I tried to drive through town. When I see a sight like that, all I can think is how close God is. He's right there. He's close enough to hear my whispers yet some times I treat Him as if he's too far away to care. On a regular day when we're simply traveling the roads; He has made His Presence known to us by giving us a sunset that only He could create. In those quiet, short moments of a sunset, I remember how blessed we are and how thankful I am to be in this moment right now with God right here. God is always here with us, through the good and the bad, when we feel Him here and when we don't. If we could just take our eyes off of the ground and lift them to the Heavens, we might get a glimpse of the beauty that He has created for us for this moment.
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