It's summer. I'm out for my early morning walk. As I walk in the part of my neighborhood that has no homes, only woods on both sides of the road, everything takes on a beauty that I don't remember noticing before. It's almost as if I'm seeing the trees for the first time. The early light filtering down through the trees is new. It seems as if I'm walking on air.
I'm lifted up by an intense joy. There is so much that my heart cannot contain it. At the same time I feel a gentle ache that comes, I think, from not being able to grasp the whole experience. Just too much joy! I become aware that the Joy and God are One and the Same and I am lost in IT.
"Joy is the infallible sign of the presence of God." (Teilhard de Chardin)
"Shout joy to the Lord, all earth,
serve the Lord with gladness,
enter God's presence with joy!" (Psalm 100:1)
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