A moment of wonder and beauty as snow flakes dance from the sky. Catching crystals in my hair and on my lashes, I pause to breath deeply the fresh air. My mind strives to take in all this white colored beauty, created out of water turned cold. Insulating blankets draped over tree branches wait for spring warmth. My skis leave tracks, but after I pass on, more falling snow will cover every trace of my visit to this mountain forest. I wonder at the silence and carry the peace home.
"The Author of all beauty, Himself a lover of the beautiful, God provided to gratify in His children the love of beauty." Ellen White, Education, p. 41 I am thinking about God this morning. The Bible says we were created in His image, like him. He created us. He made all beauty. He himself is "a lover of the beautiful.' And He created in us, his children, "the love of beauty." I have found in my own experience that when I see beauty, something stirs in me, comes alive. My eye knows when it sees something that reflects the home I was meant to live in, Eden the original garden home. Visual beauty in nature seems to be the pinnacle of beauty on earth, because it is the descendant of the original beauty. Human made beauty can catch the eye, but can fall short of those things that are alive. I haven't seen this Eden home of my ancestors, but somewhere deep in my DNA is a lo...
I feel like I can reach into your photo can carry out some peace with me.
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