On The Wings
Some days I have a chance to sit outside myself and get away from the stuff I "think I have to do". It's a rare thing, although I truly have opportunity to do so anytime I please. I hover over myself and see things from a different perspective. It's blissful.
In the daily world I put myself in, it's busy. Always moving, always going. So much to do and so little time to get it all done. I have an agenda and I guess I feel failure if I don't accomplish what is on it. But, today, I'm hovering.
Here I go. It's a gorgeous fall afternoon. The sun is out, the wind is blowing softly and the animals are all out enjoying the warmth after days of rain and cool weather. As I'm floating along I turn my face to the sky and the brightness makes my eyes close but I can't help my lips from forming into a huge smile. My arms stretch out wide and I'm floating. The breeze lightly pushes me higher and my hair tickles my face as it whirls around freely. I'm calm. I'm free. Everything on my list exits my mind. I cannot think of one single thing that is not a happy thought. I am light as a feather.
As I'm floating above my home, with my face to the heavens, I can only count my blessings. One by one they come to my mind. For hours it seems they flow from my voice as I raise them higher. My throat never drys, my voice never falters, it just gets louder and more energetic as I start to sing! I'm singing the blessings I have in my life out loud! My voice sounds like an angel's! I feel as if my face is beaming a glowing beacon directed to the sky! I'm praising!
My heart-oh my heart is so happy! It feels like blooms are bursting from it one after another, bloom after bloom. My chest doesn't feel large enough to handle the bouquet that is bursting from my heart and they begin to pour from my finger tips. Petals from every bloom cascade from each digit as I continue to float heaven bound.
Quietly, I feel a warmth that isn't from the sun...but from the Son. He reaches down and gently cups my face, still beaming and smiling so big that it seems my ears are encompassed. I feel His warmth on my forehead as He gently kisses me.
My eyes close. I don't want this feeling to end. I want to stay here.
From my head to my toes I feel the tingling of what has to be His grace. I feel peace and hope and joy- all rolled into one huge wave that slowly washes over me. The bliss stays. Never have I taken the moment to actually feel His glory in such a way. He's always near, I know His presence. This time however, I allowed myself to transcend to the highest point of praise because I needed Him to really know that I am grateful. How in the world can I glorify Him to the extent that He deserves? I cannot. But I will try my best. And one amazing day, I won't hover, I'll keep floating until I finally pass through those Pearly Gates I keep hearing about. And I can hardly wait. St John 14:3 KJV "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." If God created the earth and everything in and around it in 6 days, I cannot imagine what He's created the past 2000 plus years.
..."Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Revelation 22:20
