#WarOnGrumbling Day 10

Today I'm thankful for the way God speaks to me when I walk. 

This afternoon I went for a stroll to do some errands and take in the last of the warm autumnal air. Like usual, I was praying as I walked and I casually asked God to show me things I needed to see. 

I wandered down Hargrave Street in between a parkade and MTS Centre which casts a lot of darkness between the two structures. A few steps later, I was swathed in light and I looked up, and there was the construction site for True North Square. Its cranes were rising up to the sky and the sun shining on it all. It was all so beauteous I gasped out loud.

Then God spoke to me so clearly about what I was looking at. I somehow doubt I would've ever heard what He said sitting at home. He's made me to move throughout Winnipeg and always shows up in splendor in so many ways.

The heart is a bloom //
Shoots up through the stony ground
But there's no room // No space to rent in this town
It's a beautiful day // Don't let it get away
Touch me // Take me to that other place
Teach me // I know I'm not a hopeless case 
Reach me // I know I'm not a hopeless case
It's warm in the sun, I reach to the sun

 

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war on grumbling day twenty four

Day 24

I'm thankful that I can see the beauty in the brokenness.

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I went prayer walking in my hood this evening and I came upon a group of drug dealers waiting beside a phone booth for a call. They were listening to a rap song on one of their cell phones and started to dance right there in the parking lot in the -5C temperatures. There was something so sweet and unfettered about the scene that I stopped to watch with a big grin on my face. 

When I walked away, I couldn't help but praise God for giving me His eyes to see these little vignettes, which are unmistakably lovely. Every time I do, I feel more like Jesus, because He never looked past the brokenness and always saw something beautiful.

All around // Hope is springing up from this old ground //

Out of chaos life is being found in You //
You make beautiful things // You make beautiful things out of the dust //
You make beautiful things // You make beautiful things out of us

war on grumbling day five

Day 5 

I'm thankful for my walk with God...literally. Today I walked 10 kilometres throughout several Winnipeg neighborhoods on a spectacular autumn day. My philosophy towards prayer on long walks like that is go big or go home. 

With every step forward, my prayers seem go higher and as I go along God often reveals His heart for His people and this city. #WarOnGrumbling #40DaysOfThanksgiving

Now, they've got catfish on the table //

They've got gospel in the air //

And Reverend Green, be glad to see you //

When you haven't got a prayer //

But boy you got a prayer in Memphis