solitude

I took a bike ride around the lake out at Long Hunter State Park today. There is nothing quite like the solitude of nature to bring my mind back into a place of peace and tranquility…right where it needs to be.

I have developed an interest in neuropsychology and neuroscience lately. There is so much research going on that studies what traits and behavioral characteristics in humans are simply a result of genetics,endocrine function, and how our brains have evolved.

Enjoying some solitude this morning, listening to opera on the television and reading blogs, I perked up to hear the line, "Anything you can do, I can do better." Before today, I only knew that song from a Gatorade commercial featuring Michael Jordan and Mia Hamm in 1997.

I've heard people (including me) say they heard form God/see God in creation. Others, like monks, hear from God in solitude. Many in reading the Bible or in prayer.

I think God speaks to me through my Ipod.

Not as in track 427 is the audible voice of God.

This weekend we are continuing the “SYNC” series at Cross Point Nashville by talking about solitude. As I have talked about here before, it seems that noise and hurry often control my life. A passage that I’ve been meditating on a lot lately is…

Mother’s Day weekend began with Miss C insisting I open her present after school on Friday. I told her I should probably wait until Sunday but she was adamant. She had made a lovely plate at school with a colorful drawing of a beautiful sun. I’d show you a picture of it, but then I’d have to hunt you down and kill you as it has her real name and school name on it.

by Nathan McIntyre