Exceptional Mind Travel

That’s right. Mind travel. You can visit places far and wide and never leave your computer. This is what I am thinking about on this Wednesday, November 19, 2008. There are literally millions of slide shows out on the web and they depict just about every nation, people, and culture that exists on the planet. Or, you might have a thought about a particular subject like the cold, automobiles, any subject in history, space flight, sports, religion, geography, and a myriad of others that can be found and usually supported pictorially somewhere out on the worldwide information highway. If you are able to take five minutes you can embark on a quick trip and visit just about any place your imagination can conjure up. These brief interruptions can help make the day fly by and provide stimulating input into those lazy gray cells to keep them pumped up, active and moving.

On Monday I mentioned the cold. But there’s a daily real time map out on the web that shows low temps all over our country. I was wowed by 29 degrees here in our area but we have places that have already experienced low teens with prospects for colder. It sure does put a damper on the global warming conferences that keep getting postponed due to snow, ice, and blizzard like conditions. When I think about cold it’s nice to make a virtual visit to places where it really is cold and enjoy the beauty of the associated scenery. However, I can well remember the few times it snowed in our southern hometown growing up. It was beautiful BUT once all our clothes were wet, and we were chilled to the bone, and worn out from playing out in it, one could see where a few months solid of the white stuff might begin to wear on the nerves. Isn’t that like most things we find in life? So many things look so wonderful from a distance but up close and personal there’s always another point of view to be considered.

Maybe you are having one of those down in the valley types of days and need a mountain top view to help change your altitude and attitude. There’s too many to count available at your finger tips and they remind us of God’s handiwork and how it must have been before sin marred the original brilliance of it all. That mountain top view also reminds us that one day we who are believers will experience a new heaven and a new earth that will be perfect in every way possible. While many think of heaven as a place where folks sit around on clouds strumming harps, the Bible gives us a picture of a place brimming with beauty, buzzing with activity, and illuminated by the very presence of God Himself. It’s not the escape so many envision but rather it’s the reward and eternal destination and home for those who have placed their faith in the Christ, our Lord and Savior, Jesus. Looking out over the vastness of God’s creation as captured in stunning photographs helps to remind us of His constant care and awareness that not even a sparrow falls from a tree without His notice. (See Matthew 10) Five minutes is not too long to take a ride on the Reading and do pass go and by all means do collect your $200 worth of encouragement and inspiration! Have a great Wednesday and may God bless one and all. Amen. ….More later.