The Internal Guide

Do You Know What You Are Looking At? 

Scenic Overview....   How often do we see these signs as we drive along?  Or, take the photo above from the Skyline Drive in western Virginia.  It literally tells you what you are looking at--the Thornton Hollow?  If you read the map, it actually points out the landscape markers. Otherwise, you'd drive past with eyes wide shut to the world.

I wonder.  What internal maps and guides do we have that interpret the world for us?  We fly through each day, the miles roll up toward tombstones--and what are we on the lookout for so that we pull off and take a second look?  We hear--"stop and smell the roses."  Where is our internal map in heart and mind that tells us what roses really are for us?

Look at this billboard.  It says:  "Atheist:  Someone who believes nothing made everything."  I am using this sign purely as an example.  If this happens to be your internal guide, then obviously, you would not be looking to pull over or stop for a "coincidence" wondering if it might be  "God-incidence."  What billboard do you suppose poet Gerard Manley Hopkins had when he penned these lines?

THE WORLD is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
What is on your Billboard?
So what is on your billboard?  What signs do you have in your heart and mind of experience which tell you what to look for in the world.  Next time you pull over to look.  Look inside!