This was the 3rd session/week for our Academy, yet I hadn't yet found these gems. The Path of Silence was especially good. I ended up walking it during the reflection time after the morning session several times.
The first time I walked it I noticed the first wooden post with a Scripture engraved in it.
And, at the end of the path, I saw one next to the wooden cross. There was also a bench there. You could look into the woods or out toward the waters of Lake Griffin.
As I sat there the first day, some squirrels were playing in the trees. They started chattering to one another rather loudly. I had never heard squirrels chatter so loudly before. Even with their chattering, it was a good place to reflect and write.
The next time that I walked it, I heard a noise in the woods and stopped to listen. I saw a grey small figure in the brush. I realized it was a coyote and I readied my camera for a shot when it came into a clearer spot. However, when it did, it saw me and took off. After it took off, I noticed that I was standing next to another Scripture post hidden by vines. I uncovered it.
The third time that I walked it, there was a fisherman in his boat off the foggy shore. I saw ducks each day and marveled in the beauty of the woods.
The Path of Silence is a great place for reflection on the beauty of creation, the Creator, and that which is going on inside one's heart, mind, and soul.
I thought about the woodsy area behind our church, near the new labryinth that has been recently finished, and I wondered.... is there a space for a "Path of Silence" there? A space to wander, to meander, to ponder over Scripture, to sit and reflect. Hmmm.... Maybe that is something to check into...
May there be a path of silence on your journey,
~Debra
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