Lord, thank you for the beauty that surrounds me each day

In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful;

and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike. 

~~Harriet Beecher Stowe 

This morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest Christian Women Writers of All Time.

What is beautiful to you? A baby’s smile?  The roar of a waterfall? The smell and taste of fresh blueberry pie?

We tend to think of nature as God-made, and everything else as man-made. But ultimately God is the Creator of everything—the new life that smiles up at you, the mountain chasm over which the waterfall pours, the blueberry that gives the delicious taste to the pie. And then he created human beings with gifts and abilities and senses to enjoy all of that beauty.

God could have created a black and white, two-dimensional world with no sounds or tastes or smells. Instead, he gave limitless colors to flowers in the forest and fish deep beneath the ocean’s surface. He gave us trees blowing in the wind, and yes even the smell of blueberry pie.

All for you. He loves it when you joy the beauty he created.

Prayer for Meditation

Lord, thank you for the beauty that surrounds me each day.

Scripture for Meditation

Since everything God created is good, we should not reject any of it but receive it with thanks.  For we know it is made acceptable by the word of God and prayer. 1Timothy 4:4-5 

Music for Meditation 

All Things Bright and Beautiful

 

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