“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28
It didn’t seem like everything was working for good yesterday when the path I walk in the woods was unexpectedly inaccessible. The high winds of April brought down a towering oak tree; my woodland trail is blocked. It seemed one more negative situation in an upsetting, constantly changing time. The pandemic, the bad weather, the restrictions now in place are making me cling even more to the promise quoted here from God’s Holy Word.
I backtracked, took the way of concrete sidewalks rather than the soft woodland path, and arrived at the open fields near my home. I spied a patch of buttercups glowing in the sunlight, and being who I am, thought I might pick a few to press. As I neared them I saw movement. Oh my…what a beautiful butterfly…only the size of a dime, and covered in glorious markings painted on its wings by the Creator of Heaven and Earth.
The discovery of the butterfly was an uplift. Although my outdoor time began in disappointment, God gave me wonderful moments while I observed the masterpiece of his creation. I need to persevere with this attitude of looking for daily blessings amid this time of personal detours, for after all, I truly believe what I so often say aloud and sing about, “God is so GOOD!”
I’m going to keep traveling on and follow him.
I Feel Like Traveling On
My heav’nly home is bright and fair,
I feel like traveling on;
Nor pain nor death can enter there,
I feel like traveling on.
Refrain:
Yes, I feel like traveling on,
I feel like traveling on;
My heav’nly home is bright and fair,
I feel like traveling on.
Its glitt’ring tow’rs the sun outshine,
I feel like traveling on;
That heav’nly mansion shall be mine,
I feel like traveling on.
Let others seek a home below,
I feel like traveling on;
Which flames devour, or waves o’erflow,
I feel like traveling on.
The Lord has been so good to me,
I feel like traveling on;
Until that blessed home I see,
I feel like traveling on.
~ William Hunter
MINDING MY P'S WITH Q 
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing your uplift after the path was blocked. We’ll praise God together.
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Thanks Anne. It was a blessed walk after all, considering the disappointment of a traditional path being blocked. I’ve walked that way for over thirty years. Yes, praise God, he is good.
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I have missed you writing about your walks when the blog took a break and when you reopened the blog, there were roadblocks- and then the light at the end of the tunnel- the yellow flowers and the beautiful butterfly so well camouflaged but yet there. Just like the end that is there for this ordeal, which we don’t see and many of us do not believe is there, the butterfly, the flowers and your walk remind us that this is but a detour- very soon we will get back on the track and move forward. Till then and always, we need to hang on in faith and know that he is there and he is seeing us through and is waiting for us at the end of every bad patch.
Susie
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Susie, you put my thoughts into words even better than I could. We are truly sisters who might not meet in this world in person, but we have all eternity to be friends. Yes, I feel I am moving forward, even though I am also backtracking a bit to get there. Kathy
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