walk to work

i work in a building that is connected to a baptist hospital in the city where i live.  my office rents space within this building but is not connected with the hospital system. however, we have the benefit of the beautiful grounds.

i park out in the hinterland and walk into the building tuesday thru friday (it's okay, it's the only exercise i'm getting these days, being too undisciplined to get back in the habit of my stationary bike or walking my neighborhood streets). but on the way in just before the buildings rise from the pavement is a beautiful park like setting for the patients and families of the hospital to rest with amazing landscape work. right now there are tulips, forsythia and other blooming flowers galore.  there is a large cross at the center of one sitting area. but the greatest thing?  the Word of God is printed in the concrete in large rectangles strategically placed around the front of the hospital.  so everyday when i walk into work i'm reminded of His Truth. that He is my Shepherd.  that all i have to do is call upon Him and He will listen and rescue me and many other scriptures like these. 

what a beautiful bonus the Lord has provided for me as i go to work in a secular setting that rents space on the 10th floor of a building connected to a baptist hospital that has definitely included the Lord God in their mission statement. and what an encouragement to believers, this one included, who tarry there (or rush in late to work) or a witness to unbelievers who pass by!