Hello everyone,
God brought to my remembrance a green hammock that my grandmother gave to my grandfather when I was a small child. He sometimes would let me in it, but I knew that it was for his use only. It was a privilege to be allowed to use it.
When I was in it, I could feel the warm sun shining upon me as the hammock cradled me. There was such a peace and rest, that even as child who never napped, I could just close my eyes and go to sleep. I would watch the clouds and see if I could make shapes out of them. I felt very special and loved when I was allowed to be in that hammock.
I then realized that my grandfather let me share what was his at times, but my heavenly Father let’s me share in what is His at all times. He wants us to have that rest in Him – just like in that hammock. He cradles us in His loving arms and surrounds us with the warmth of His love. We have His peace, His rest when we are in His arms.
I think that we sometimes have a hard time realizing this because we do not see Him with our physical eyes. In the crazyness of all that we have to do, we try to take control and we strive just to stay afloat. Our physical senses overtake our spiritual “eyes.”
If we can just take a moment and take our eyes off the problems of the world and look to Jesus, we will see how He works it all out for us. If we can just give it all to Him, we can hear Him say, “Rest My child, all is well.”
Let’s all curl up in Jesus’ arms and have a “green hammock” day!
Blessings, Evelyn
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A Green Hammock Day is a sweet reminder, to me, of ALL that our Heavenly Father desires to give to us. All we have to do is ask Him.
Thank you, Evelyn, for sharing your God-given gift with us.
God Bless You.
Dear Linda,
Thank you so much for sharing. God is the source of all good things. Sometimes I have to just step back from the hustle and bustle of life and take it all in – His rest, peace and love.
Blessings, Evelyn
Hi Ev,
I love my green hammock, I bring it on all my camping trips.
If I forget it my camping trip is ruined so I try hard not to forget because of that very reason. There’s something about that hammock that just bring relaxation and the “NO STRESS” atmosphere to the rest of the trip. The problem is, is that everybody on the trip wants to be the first to jump into the hammock especially after we get back from a hiking a trail at the campground. Anyway, thanks for the reminder and I thought I would share my experience with my hammock and how special it is to me.
Thanks Jim for sharing your experiences with your hammock. Everyone wants and needs that kind of rest. It is the natural rest that coinsides with God’s spiritual rest. Perfect peace.
Blessings,
Evelyn
This brings me back to my childhood. We didn’t have a hammock, but I did spend my early childhood on a farm and I can remember going out to the fields and just laying down on a small hillside and looking up in the sky with the sun shining down and thinking deep thoughts about God and life and the meaning of it all. I remember it as being so peaceful and a place of rest.
Thanks for the memories.
Dear Marta,
I also remember laying on the warm grass and day dreaming of how life was so good. Maybe it would be fun to act as a child and do that again.
Blessings, Evelyn