A Season of Possibilities

Introduction

Why does it seem we feel closer to God when we are immersed in a natural or idyllic or wild setting? And then even more so at dawn or dusk?

We know by scripture and experience that a loving God who never sleeps and is not influenced by the concept of time is accessible to us at any time and any place. Yet we also know that our life, our world, is one of seasons. Our days, our bodies, our emotions, and even the ease with which we find God are ever changing in nature and intensity according to weather, seasons, sunlight, time, and so on.

Many years ago, I experienced a powerful unplanned early-morning rising, as if being pulled out of bed by a magnet. I was saturated as I walked in the long wet grass around my lily pond, camera working furiously, seeing common old reeds in new ways; my mind raced with words of poetry to be remembered and written later as the sun rose. This was a deeply impacting mystical experience that left me with new words of praise and worship for the Creator. As a landscape photographer I have had many similar experiences since.

I've often wondered if the explanation for such encounters could ... read full excerpt from A Season of Possibilities ebook