Though I am still not back to normal, I do feel somewhat better today. Thank You, Father. Help me to connect with You in our time together.
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One great benefit of my early morning route is the regular beauty of creation I get to see! I shared a couple of weeks ago about my view of the crescent moon and Venus as the sun was rising. Today’s sunrise was breathtaking like so many are – regardless of how many I see!
The above picture was taken by a dear friend of the sunrise as seen from their home overlooking their pond – the beauty of God’s handwork! But this morning, one scene, in particular, caught my eye, yet it was how I saw it that got me thinking.
Obviously, I cannot have my phone out while I am driving my bus. Otherwise, I would have stopped and snapped a quick picture of the view I came across.
I had turned on a road that ran past a farmer’s field – one of many that dot our part of the world. It was a simple field that last year held corn. Following the harvest, all that was left was the bottom of corn stalks, dry and dead in the muddy ground – nothing beautiful about that, at all.
But what caught my eye this morning was a pool of standing, stagnating water. Still nothing outstandingly beautiful about that. But what made it beautiful was the fact that at just the moment I drove past it, the sun had begun to color the lightly clouded sky. And the color of that event was not drab or boring but full of glorious radiance as only the Master Artist could paint! And lo and behold that small, insignificant expanse of water reflected that splendor!
It may have been small; it was but a fraction of the acreage in that field. It may have been insignificant; I am sure there was no one else in the near proximity of what I beheld…but it was no less beautiful.
How often do we feel the same way? Small…insignificant…and far from anything, anyone would describe as beautiful.
But wait, someone else did see what I saw! God sat beside me and so enjoyed the view as well! It may have been small and seemingly insignificant but even in that state, it was a perfect reflection of His creation. And nothing could take away the beauty of that moment!
God sees each one of us as He and I saw the sunrise reflected in that standing pool of water. Our lives may not be the way we had dreamed they would be. We are surely a little frayed around the edges, with a little too much taken off the top. The winters of our lives have left us ragged and worn and we many feel that life has sucked us dry and left us for dead. Our time apart from God has not helped us. But when we reflect the beauty of our Creator in our lives, do you know what God sees? He sees His beauty reflected in us…and nothing else matters.
Our goal as His children is to be the most perfect reflection of God as we can possibly be to the world around us. Our prayer should be that someone in passing should catch a glimpse of His beauty in us. It may be fleeting but even beauty in passing can have long-lasting impact.
And unlike the field with the remnants of corn, we can choose to change. We can move on with our lives. And best of all we can make the best choice and move on with our Creator by our side, and as each day passes our reflection of Him will continue to improve, as well. May we strive to reflect His beauty in our lives will all our might!
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV
Apr 12th, 2022, Tues, 1:08 pm
