Walk in the Woods

Today we were walking back from our dinner place at Enigma and some of the guys decided that we should take a slow walk back to our residence. It was about 3.5 km away.

At some part, I decided to plug into my mp3 and started listening to Jon Schimdt ( Do keep your window closed at www.jonschimdt.com to feel the music. Haha).

The walk back was amazing. The sun was just setting and the sky was a dull orange grey. When you look up, you could see the silhouette of the pine trees against the sky. It was just so beautiful.

I just started to slow my pace a little. Even in such a wonderful place, we can just rush to our objective and forget all that God has placed around us. I just started praying and just allow the presence of God to fill me.

I wanted to be with the people I was walking with, but I just slowed down. I love their company, but there’s just that something more I needed. I just felt God spoke to me at that moment to show me this: that my wanting to be in company is like the pursuit of the things of this world, and me slowing down for Him represented a pursuit for the things above.

I felt comforted that I did slow down.

” Let go of the things of this world.” I felt the slight nudging of the Holy Spirit.

“Let go. Let go of the things of this world.”

I just closed my eyes to allow the moment to come. I looked up at the dark silhouette of the trees again, God is so wonderful to have made such creation. And I haven’t even seen the best yet.

The cool, dry evening breeze caressed my being and I just felt the Holy Spirit coming with the wind.

” Just You, God. Just You.”

The words,” Let I be me.” came to my heart. My heart started crying out. There is a glory in us finding ourselves. The day we discover our true selves is when the true glory of God can be revealed through us. The day when we understand our true dreams, our deepest hopes, our greatest longings.

I came to a resident road that was quieter than the main road, but it would take me away from my friends in front of me, but I felt led, so I started walking into the quiet street.

It was completely silent. The street was paved by more trees and unoccupied houses. The sky was darkening as I just prayed and walked along this road.

There I looked up into the sky again; away from the roads with the occasional zooming past of the car, this place was completely sense, tranquil. What more would I ask for? It was so wonderful that I almost teared as I prayed.

It wasn’t long before I reached the place that I took photos the other day, the Vancouver School of the Theology. The windows were lit and the building was a majestic sight as it stood between me and the clouds. There was a presence about the place.

I found a bench that I could sit down and just be with God a little longer.The wind was becoming chilling but I closed my eyes and embraced the wind. I just closed my eyes again and sensed the voice of God in the wind.

“You can be at the most peaceful place on Earth and never find true peace in your heart.”

So many people have come to this beautiful place, and instead of finding peace, they bring their busy-ness with them; they bring their I-want-more-attitude with them: nothing in this place changed their hearts. People smoke, go to clubs, even in such a wonderful land like Canada.

A land of utmost beauty and splendour; and they spend it like that.

“The Holy Spirit is the peace of your heart.”

I remember the saying, we will never find peace in this world unless we find peace in our hearts.

The night wind began to chill me and I could feel my hands becoming numb. It was really time to head back. I just thanked God for all the things He spoke to me.

I’m such so blessed to be able to come to such a place to find Him.

I remember what I said in Singapore, I’m going to the Rockies to seek Him and I will find Him. And in finding Him, I will find myself.