We received a little snow overnight, not much maybe 2 inches...just enough to make the ground white and look clean and new. When I first looked out this morning I could see rabbit trails all over our yard. This made me smile because I know they are around, but I don't always see them...the tracks confirmed my thoughts. I started a pot of coffee then went to use the treadmill and when I came back upstairs from my workout, with coffee cup in hand, went to look out the window again. This time there were new tracks, my neighbors have a lovely black lab and she is the most curious dog I have ever met. Her tracks were now all over the yard as well. She has a morning routine, just like we humans do. She starts from their house and travels through the trees that are behind our homes, makes her way through them to the west side of our house, through our front yard and all over the east side of our large lot before heading to her own yard to explore. I watch her do this daily and it always makes me smile. Humans aren't the only ones who are creatures of habit. Her footprints in the snow were telling of the route she takes every day.
As I sat down to spend some quiet time with God after watching her antics, it made me realize that sometimes I get stuck in a rut and although I would like to think I am flexible in my schedule and available to others, how many times do I get stuck in the same routine or in my responses to others. In light of that, my prayer this morning went something like this... Lord, I don't want to be so stuck in what is familiar to me or comfortable for me that I miss other opportunities. Open my eyes to what it is you have in store for me today and nudge me if I need to break out of my comfort zone. Amen
If my daily routine were to be recorded in snow, would the pattern reveal that I am up for new things, or am I stuck in the same old thing? Something to think about, thanks to a very curious neighbor dog.
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