Boredom is Blessings
As we traveled by AmTrac through North
Dakota to NW Montana, no one paid any attention to
the countryside through the uneventful monotonous scenery of the plains. Once
we entered the mountains of NW Montana, the people crowded the windows wherever
they could.
On our return trip going from NW
Montana to North Dakota , the
people on the train were bored with the mountains. No one seemed to care about the rugged
scenery! They had seen many mountains already. It seemed their world now consisted
of the inside of the passenger car, oblivious to the world passing by their
windows. The only thing that drew their attention enough to look out the window
was when the train slowed enough through an unusually tough climb.
As my wife and I traveled along
through New Mexico , Colorado ,
Nebraska , and South
Dakota , on our recent vacation, we have seen a wide
variety of terrain. The windswept sandstone rock formations in New
Mexico , the rugged red mountains in Colorado ,
the sagebrush desolation of the desert plains, and the well-watered farmland
filled with corn and soybeans of eastern South Dakota . All areas are beautiful in their own ways.
What a wonderful creation this world is!
I am amazed at myself at times. I can get bored with the blessings of God in
my life and fail to appreciate all He has done! The days boredom reigns
actually means I am blessed. I am reminded that the tough days, due to
Parkinson's or whatever, actually hold a bigger blessing, if I just look
outside my "passenger car." The wide variety of the terrain in America
alone reminds me of all the areas of God's blessing in my life and drives home
this verse.
"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ
Jesus concerning you." I Thessalonians 5:18.
© copyright Kevin T Boekhoff
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