When you first open the door into our condo on Lake Macatawa in Holland, MI, there is only one thing you see--the water. Your eyes and then your feet are drawn right through the living space to the lake only steps beyond. This not only happens the first time, but every time. Seemingly with magnetic pull, it is God's creation that is the star, or as those on HGTV would say, "The focal point." The light is another gift.
At this northern latitude (42.49 degrees north), we enjoy more hours of daylight in Holland than we do in central Illinois (40.08 degrees north). As we near the summer solstice, sunrise occurs just after 6:00 a.m. and sunset is near 9:30 p.m.. Where the condo building is situated, there are times in the morning and evening when the light passes over the pier and her boats in a breath-holding beauty.
Leaning over the condo's balcony railing with a gentle wind caressing my face, my mind free falls. Like meditation, random thoughts enter consciousness only to be driven away by a reigning peacefulness. Bob said that when the real estate agent first brought us here and he saw the look on my face as I stood on the balcony, he knew it was the place for us. (Yes, I have a most wonderful husband.)
Water and light, God's creation on days three and four of the Genesis story, feed my inner self just as much as sun and rain grow our plants. God makes good things and shares them abundantly. Life is good. Amen.
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