Are you troubled, convinced the world is a mess and there is no hope, no beauty?
Feast your eyes on God's handiwork one recent spring in a California canyon somewhere near San Luis Obispo.
(Sorry, photographer unknown.)
I've loved this photo since I first saw it. I can't imagine a better visual for what Jesus said in Luke 12, starting at verse 22.
"Therefore, I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes . . . Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these."
Maybe you suffer from the same malady as I. Worry. Oh, I can call it something nicer, but really, it's worry.
When I look at wildflowers, as in this photo, I feel the tightness in my shoulders ease up. The One who splashes these remote hills with extravagant beauty tenderly cares for all His creation.
That includes you and me.
Whatever we are dealing with today, we are not alone. The weight of the world does not rest on our shoulders. Count on it. His mercies are new every morning. (Lamentations 3:21-16)
Every day mercies and blessings surround us.
Are we looking for them?
Here's to having eyes to see,
Lenore
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