Broads Spirituality – MeditationStanding tall beside the dyke and the river, amongst the flat fields, the brilliant white form of Thurne mill stands as a monument to days gone by. It reminds us of times when such machinery was the only way to pump water off the marshes to allow cattle to graze. The sails, restored in the early 1960's, are only seen turning for demonstration purposes as other, modern electrically driven pumps now move the water. However it is through such features that today's visitors are given not only a sense of history, meaning and character of times past, but also the chance to reflect and find new meanings for today.
Here under the blue sky,
with the clouds passing overhead,
the mill reminds me of the opportunity
to capture the energy of the wind
and use it to raise the level of the water.
Lord, please help me to recognise and feel
the power of your Spirit blowing in my life.
Show me how to capture and use it
to enrich and elevate all I do,
so that I might be more alive to all you offer.