It is not your parent’s job, your children’s job, your co-worker’s job,or society in general to provide you with beauty in the everyday. Beauty in this world is a gift from God.
For us to survive well in this hard world, each of us must seek that gift of beauty from God. Without finding beauty within our lives all on our own, we become hardened and rude. If we’re lucky, we wake up one day realizing we have wasted life on material things, outward perfection, shallow people, and chasing careers.
Step away from the false hope of multiple successes and run to the beauty of the flowered fields, the smell of horses, the incredible Sunrise. Pause there. Everyday. Linger in the awe-inspiring ways Holy speaks to us through the beauty of creation.
Today, it is time to soften your edges. Find something beautiful around you and be thankful. Holy beauty speaks to us differently every day. Seek its power and sustaining grace. You will begin to look at the difficulties in your life differently, and you will be blessed.
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Psalm 23:2-3