Beautiful Things

SOME MOMENTS IN LIFE ARE NEAR PERFECTION.  PAUSE LONG ENOUGH, AND THE BEAUTY UNFOLDS, REVEALING ALL THAT IS PRECIOUS AND IMPORTANT IN LIFE. 

SO OFTEN, LIFE FEELS HURRIED. WE PASS FROM MOMENT TO MOMENT NOT LIVING WITHIN IT, BUT PLANNING FOR THE NEXT.  OUR FOCUS ON LIFE'S GRAND MOMENTS, NEGLECTING THE SMALL.  MONOTONY BLINDS EYES FROM SEEING THE POSSIBILITY OF ALL THINGS AS GIFTS.  EACH MOMENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GRATITUDE.   

CAN MY LIFE REFLECT ONE OF CONTINUAL WORSHIP AND PRAISE?  CAN I SLOW DOWN LONG ENOUGH TO RECOGNIZE THE BEAUTY, FOCUSING ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN GIVEN INSTEAD OF WHAT I HOPE TO GAIN?  CAN I ACCEPT THE "NOs"  "NOT YETs" AND PERHAPS "NEVERs" IN MY LIFE?   CAN I EMBRACE MY BEAUTIFUL LIFE JUST AS IT IS?

IT IS MY HOPE AND PRAYER THAT THE ANSWER TO ALL WILL BE "YES." 

I HAVE BEEN GRANTED ENOUGH WISDOM TO KNOW I WILL FAIL, THAT MY "YES" WILL SOMETIMES BE QUIET, PASSIVE, OR BARELY AUDIBLE.  I KNOW THAT THE BEAUTY I SEE CLEARLY ONE DAY WILL BLUR, AND MY EYES WILL FOCUS ONLY ON THE MESS AND CHAOS THAT SURROUNDS.  I KNOW THAT NOT ALL OF LIFE IS A WALK IN THE PARK.  BUT, I HAVE BEEN GRANTED ENOUGH WISDOM TO KNOW THAT ALL THAT COMES FROM HIM IS GOOD.  BEAUTY AWAITS US, IF WE ARE WILLING TO DISCOVER IT.