Big Leaf Maple Brinnon WA by Dee Kamp
He
Heard My Prayer for Company
The November
wind storm blew gusts shaking the branches of the giant maple trees like a dog
with a bone. With each heavy handed gust streams of leaves colored gold, crimson
and orange sailed by me. I headed down a steep hill with the wind to my back
all the while keeping alert should any cars be coming up behind me. There are
no sidewalks here, so one needs get way off the road onto the grassy shoulder
to be safe.
That morning I
felt a little cloud of worry and loneliness. As I walked I whispered a little
prayer, “Please Lord Jesus, join me on my walk today, I could sure use the
company.” But I certainly wasn’t
prepared for the surprising way in which He would show me we never walk alone.
I stopped walking soon after this because
I heard a car coming up behind me. I
moved off the road and on to the shoulder and stood waiting for it to pass by. But
no car appeared.
That’s
odd, I though, and
without a glance back figured the car turned into a driveway somewhere. But
then I heard a sound like people shuffling their feet along the road. That’s
when something next to me caught my eye and I spun around to see what it was. It was not a group people hurrying along, or
even bicyclists coming by, but something quite surprising instead.
There in the middle of the road was a large
collection of dry fallen leaves whirling and fluttering about and settling down
right beside me.
Guessing the wind quit for a moment and
the leaves lost their lift to travel, I began walking again. But how very
strange, as I began to walk the leaves rose up and began there noisy shuffling keeping
pace with me. I did this off and on several times. I was mesmerized by the
mystery of the leaves picking up and shuffling along beside me whenever I moved
along.
I knew there was a logical explanation
for all of this, really. But I couldn’t
help enjoying this walk with the shuffling leaves for company. With simple, childlike
faith I enjoyed every minute of it, forgetting all my cares.
For surely my mind resisted such frolic, but my heart acknowledged, the Lord in His mysterious ways is able to do more than we can ever imagine. He knows what delights our heart. And today I know, that I know― He heard my prayer for company.
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