When Greg and I go on our walks I never seem to go fast enough. I love certain things so I stop. He no longer seems surprised when I walk into a random yard to touch or smell something.
This tree is one of my favorite things to savor. I love the texture of the bark. It draws me in and I just want to touch its crinkled bark. I want to smell it and yes even hug it. Just looking at this picture makes me happy.
Savoring something is as powerful as the gift of gratitude and thankfulness. It brings healing to the mind and body. It awakens us to the beauty around us and if we know the LORD, the awe will bring us to a position of worship.
Savoring someone or something is at the heart of 1 Thessalonians 5:18.
"Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus."
What if the whole reason God challenged us to live with a thankful heart full of gratitude that took time to savor the moment was because HE knew this would bring healing?
What if God invites us to savor because it stops our grumbling and complaining?
Honestly, I don't have to say, "What if!" I know in my knower!
When I savor, I see beauty. I feel connected in community and I express worship through thankfulness.
It is so easy to grumble and complain in our mind and with our words, but the better way is to take time to savor the moment or person.
What do you have to be thankful for?
How can you show gratitude?
How can you pause and just enjoy the moment or the person?
How can you speak life into the moment or the person?
How can you celebrate your senses and experience things around you through them?
Today, will you consider taking time to savor something or someone. Fully embrace the gift of your senses and just enjoy the pleasures God has already given you.
Oh and this tree just happens to be on Cinnamon Street and I love to say this word. Go ahead and say it aloud a few times. It is beautiful that way it rolls off the tongue. Cinnamon! Cinnamon!
Now look at how the bark almost looks like cinnamon sticks. God is so good to us!
Shalom y’all.
