By 7:08 this morning, I felt as though I had been "washed" from the feeling of my bare feet standing on wet grass along with the cool early-morning temperature on my skin and the beautiful view of the 7:00 a.m. sky. There, I stood on my front grass basking in this feeling that I know only God could provide. In the October 23rd devotional of Jesus Calling, I had read: "...Let my gold-tinged Love wash over you and soak into the depths of your being..." And this is EXACTLY what it felt like was happening to me during my outdoors time.
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So, what got me out on the grass in the first place while it was still dark outside?
Well, as I settled in for my morning devotional that began with this line in Jesus Calling -- "As you turn your attention to Me, feel the Light of My Presence shining upon you," I turned my head to the right, and as I glanced through the living room window I could see some light beaming through the trees, light from a tall street lamp. Something about the view made me want to just place my whole body outdoors. So, in tank top, pajama bottoms and bare feet, I proceeded outdoors, enjoying the immediate cleansing feeling of the cool air on my skin. Then, when I stepped on the wet grass, the obvious feeling of more deep freshness moved through my body. I lifted my arms and head up for a morning ZoeHygiea stretch and then captured this shot:
The outdoors stretch felt so good that it led to another, and I visualized a morning stretch experience with a small group of friends on my grass. How wonderful that would feel, I thought, to be stretching with friends -- outdoors and barefoot -- at this time of morning. I also smiled at the thought of me daring my cousin, Kathy, who doesn't like to walk barefoot too much, to stand and run out on the grass with me. I imagined the giggles we'd get from that. :-)
After getting a lovely dose of outdoors connection with God, I returned inside to continue with my devotional reading. But, since I wanted to repeat that feeling I had just received from standing barefoot on the wet grass, I returned outdoors once again. This time, my stretching included bending forward and also placing my hands on the morning dew, which certainly added to this invigorating feeling while giving me a yummy back stretch.
Next, I walked to the edge of the grass and decided to check my mail box (which had not been done yesterday), so I stepped off the grass and onto the pavement of the cul-de-sac; that provided the feeling of a foot massage. Mmmm! I walked across the wet grass again and eventually made my way back indoors and back to today's reading of Jesus Calling and John 17 and Psalm 16:11:
"As you turn your attention to Me, feel the Light of My Presence shining upon you. Open your mind and heart to receive My heavenly smile of approval. Let my gold-tinged Love wash over you and soak into the depths of your being. As you are increasingly filled with My Being, you experience joyous union with Me. I in you, and you in Me. Joy-in-Me and My Joy-in-you become intertwined and inseparable. I suffuse your soul with Joy in My Presence; at My right hand there are pleasures forevermore."
So, did you know that some doctors advise morning barefoot-walking on the grass for enhancing health?
