Recently my husband and I took an overnight trip to Shenandoah National Park. I wanted to go there not only because I love national parks and hadn't spent much time there before, but also because my father spent time there in the Army during WWII on training maneuvers . He wrote about some of his experiences in his memoirs. In fact, he spent Easter morning 1943 there and wrote:
“Each night we pitched out tents in
the mountains. This in itself was quite an experience to be enclosed in all the
trees. We were there over Easter Sunday and it was a free day. I think I was
overwhelmed by the beauty of the Sunday morning. It was warm and the sun was
shining as I sat along side of the clearest water I think I had ever seen in a
stream coming down the mountain. It almost made me forget about what was going
on all over the world at the time.”
Reading this, I see where I got my
love and appreciation of nature and creation. I treasure that, even more since
my father died. I feel like I carry a piece of him around with me in my heart.
I was able to walk in Big Meadows and look at the same stars that my father
looked at so many years ago.
I think it is similar to carrying
Jesus around in our hearts. And even though we haven't seen Him, we know that
Jesus walked on this earth and had some of the same experiences that we do. We
can remember that and carry Him in our hearts until we are with Him.
Matthew 28:20 …And surely I am with
you always, to the very end of the age.
Loving Jesus, Help us to know that You
are always with us in our hearts. Amen.
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