The Beauty of Creation

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. (Psalm 19:1–4 NIV)

 A way I’ve found helpful to avoid the sense of weariness that can creep in when the queue of deadlines seems to be getting a little too long is to occasionally stop for a few minutes and allow my mind and heart to relax.
 Sometimes I’ll step outside onto the balcony or I’ll sit in my chair near the large glass doors and give my sore eyes a break from the computer by looking out at the beauties that fill my view. As long as I focus on the distant beauties, it’s nearly impossible to feel anything but inspiration.
 What faces us in life, especially in the short term and up close in hectic times, can look so ugly and seem to be ruining our view of the hopes and dreams of the more distant future.
 But so much can change if we will just let the Lord show us how those seemingly ugly things that get so in-our-face at the moment can at times be the avenues for the blessings and beauty and awe that the Lord wants to bring into our life. —M. Fontaine [1]

 I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in. —George Washington Carver

[1] M. Fontaine Anchor Perceptions and God’s Handiwork