The Gift of Nothingness

Fountain Creek Regional Park, Fountain, Colorado

A couple of thoughts might come to your mind when you stare at this Red-tailed hawk long enough. It might instill in you a fear of the vastness of space or a sense of stillness. There is a great deal of "negative space," of nothingness in front of this hawk.

How do you handle "negative space" like that in this picture? What do you do when you have an evening of "nothing" to do?

Some of us are laughing. There is no "negative space" in our lives. We blame others or life in general for not having "negative space," but more than likely we're afraid of having nothing to do.

It is in the "negative space" where the Lord calls us to be still before him.

"Be still in the presence of the LORD, and wait patiently for him to act." Psalm 37:7 New Living Translation

Note that this hawk isn't frantically flapping its wings. It is riding the currents without effort. It is not afraid of the nothingness of the sky.

Through Jesus, God causes us to ride on the currents of his love with all the other distractions of life put aside. And, oh, what a ride it is.

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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2014 Douglas P. Brauner.  ARR.