RENEWED

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,

What is man that You are mindful of him,

And the son of man that You visit him?

For You have made him a little lower than the angels,

And You have crowned him with glory and honor.

Psalm 8: 3-5

I have spent the past three days at Llano River State Park on a rocky hill overlooking the canyon, under the arms of two Juniper trees, resting upon a gentle bed of their needles accumulated over an unknown period of time.  Sleeping in 27 degree weather immersed in an intended darkness filled with the radiance of a full moon; days brilliant, nights a shaded brilliance.  Cold hands cup warmed by fresh brewed coffee, standing before the rising sun, the breath of God exhaling grace upon the beginning of a new day, my body and soul slowly filled with a warming energy that ignites the wonder of the present.  Long hikes over rocky ground, fishing in a rushing stream without care for the catch, birds prancing on their natural habitat, discovering a twilight leaf eating porcupine treed up close.  Laughing with my son, discovering new ways of looking at life, affirmed in the greatest hopes of a parents love;

 I am renewed.