Field of Fireflies
>> 2/15/11
Have you ever woken up with a memory or image in your head that instantly took you back in time? I absolutely love when I remember something from my childhood that I hadn't thought about in years. I woke up yesterday morning remembering this...
No...not (just) a spotty photo I found on Google Images...it's a field of fireflies.
I used to sneak out at night and go for long walks. I wouldn't do anything bad...I just wouldn't be able to sleep so I would walk through the woods or up the road until I got tired. (Was I weird or what? Who does that?!)
Our house was nestled back in the woods and we had a long curving gravel driveway so no one could see our house from the road...no street lamps. Just moonlight and when the weather was right the entire field would light up with fireflies. Like thousands of twinkling lights. I swear no camera can capture what I used to sit and watch.
At times like that I felt closest to God. To know that he created something so absolutely beautiful was confirmation that He existed to me. The more I studied biology and the complexity of creation the more I became convinced that it was intelligent design. So thanks be to God for giving me the little things...like the memory of a field full of fireflies.
1 comments:
I always thought you were weird that you did that. But mainly b/c I was sure to pee my pants the second I started out on the gravel road alone, no street lights. That's just me. But knowing that you were incredibly reflective at that age, I guess that makes it better (or worse? what teenager is that reflective?)...hahaha j/k I LOVE YOU!!!
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