I'm up early this morning--5:30 a.m.--after going to bed sick last night. Getting up before the sun brought back to mind the agrarian lifestyle of some of my ancestors and friends from Kitchener, ON that are still in the food growing economy. Getting up before dark brings choices for the day--prayer and meditation, frittering time away on Google News, early breakfast on the deck, or an early walk. I elected some of each this morning.
Since re-locating here 4 years ago from Central Canada the challenges to my spirit have been to create a business that supports and sustains our family, those of my associates and to make a reflective life possible. Ironic that frantic work and exhaustion are the tools to inner peace. I thought some more of the farmers who get up before dark to take care of livestock and then look after their own "lifestock"--the personal and family routines of the early day to frame the rest of the day.
I think of my friends Steve and Lisa who farm and both work outside the home and are raising a family. They have rhythms in the day that enable them to move forward and adjust to changing fortunes of livestock prices, children growing up and marrying, catastrophic threats to health and through it all--faith. The quiet heroes of life struggle on and bring blessing to those they meet because they have the integrity that comes from years of grounding outside of their circumstances.
I have to touch some ground this morning; a walk to be sure, but a renewal of meaningfulness more-so.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Isaiah 46:9-10
Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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