The thermometer said it was cold—near 10 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. It was hard to believe the thermometer when one looked out the window on the beauty of God’s creation, lightly blanketed with snow. The morning was dawning bright and clear, the morning sun casting beautiful hues of oranges and reds, yellows and purples across the sky. I could not resist walking outside to experience firsthand the calm and stillness. The sporadic snow flakes sparkled in mid-air as they fluttered slowly through the air, catching the first rays of the sun.
I was impressed anew with the beauty of God’s creative genius. The picture my brain snapped into place captured something I had not experienced in recent years. I savored the moment, and wondered why many shrink back from such beauty, choosing rather to see only the negative. I rethought some of life’s basic lessons–all of life is filled with both negative and positive…things sometimes appear quite different from what they really are…we tend to see what we are looking for…our natural human responses often keep us from seeing and experiencing God’s wonderful blessings.