Sometimes God answers prayers I haven’t prayed.
Yesterday was such a day.
I had chosen it as an artist’s day away, part of this Artist’s
Way I’m doing with Mhairi. A couple of weeks ago, I had watched as a preacher
preached from this beautiful beach near Arbroath. I knew instantly that I
wanted to go there.
What drew me was the amazing range of colours of the rocks
and pebbles on the shore, the sharply rising sandstone cliffs, and the
solitude. So, notebook and pen, Bible and water and a cereal bar and I was off
to find this place.
The skies in Drumoak were overcast but as soon as I cleared
Inverbervie, the sun blazed out of a clear blue sky. God was smiling on me.
Auchmithie Beach was all I hoped for and more. As I stood alone,
gazing at the lapping waves, thinking about the book I’m working on, I felt God
release me to stop. To stop working. To take the time to gaze and be refreshed
in the silence. (Well, apart from the gulls and the waves…)
We have such a gracious God. Praise the Lord, oh my soul,
and all that is within me, praise his holy name. Forget not all his benefits. He
gives us gifts we didn’t even know we wanted.
Tomorrow I’ll show you the stones I brought back…
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