Starting with washing windows.
The finished sunroom ! Come for a cup of tea or frosty glass of lemonade.
These summer months have been great for the mandevilla,
but not so great for us as it get over 120 degrees !
Many years in the making. A lifetime. You know, those dreams you possess for years and years that are so illusive. Being the gardener that I am, I’ve always wanted a greenhouse to start seedlings in, to relax and escape in, to create in. Alas, now that life’s years have passed, I dropped that desire only to have my husband pick up the project. I do wonder sometimes about God’s timing. Instead of a rustic greenhouse for plants though, he built a lovely retreat where we can relax, read, or just gaze out the windows. It is like God wanted this sunroom to be a cozy place of friendship and relationship rather than a place of labor. It is way lovelier that I ever imagined!
I’ve been thinking about this exchanged and redirected desire. God redirects us through different stages of life. After a lifetime of varied and continually changing relationships, I am focusing on rest. Restful relationships that abide and relax. Relationships that demand nothing except the desire to be together. I’m not sure there are human relationships like this, but one thing I do know: God desires this kind of relationship. From Genesis on, God has made it abundantly clear to us in every way possible that He is looking for times to walk together in the garden or abide together in the quiet of the vineyard. Times to sit at His feet or to follow in His yoke. It is these times that we listen to God’s voice of love, tenderness, correction, mercy, or direction.
There is a desire in my heart for human relationship like this as well. This week visiting with an old friend only emphasized this. We talked together about Jesus which strengthens the intertwining triangle of friendship. I not only long to abide with Jesus but with others who love Him as well. Don’t you? What a marvelous gift from our Savior who calls us together to be His family! With these thoughts I invite you to come to my sunroom for a refreshing visit together with Jesus.
K.C.
