You are a Gift

Last week brought beautiful sunrises to greet the day. When I need to get up at 6:10 AM in order to make sure my son is awake, has breakfast and ready to walk out the door for his ride at 7:10, the colors across the sky are a welcome gift.

. Look in the mirror, as you start your day. You are a gift,

Taking photos at almost the same time on two different days gives this weary winter soul a gift of hope stating the days are getting longer. The sun is slightly higher in the sky after just a couple of days. 🙂

Early morning gifts from God.

Early morning has benefits aside from the first cup of coffee.. .Grey days with no sunshine did return as well as clouds across the sky. One morning brought different activity. Snowflakes dancing through the air down from the sky. . Did you know  each flake is an individual creation? Beautiful and unique.

God declares you are a gift.

If God puts interest into making each white creation unique with a petite existence, can you imagine His delight when creating us?

He pours himself into each and everyone of us individually.

Jesus shares in the SERMON ON THE MOUNT. –“-Look at the wildflowers. They are here one day and gone tomorrow, cut up and thrown into the fire. God still cares for them because He created them.” ( My paraphrase)..
If God cares for the wildflowers, that are here today, gone tomorrow, or each unique snowflake which melt after a slight rise in the temperature, consider the care and concern put into you. You are reflection..

Look in a mirror and what do you see? I can be caught up in a world of “me” and “me alone”. I see::
1 FEAR
2 SELFISHNESS
3 COMPARING MY WRITING TO OTHERS
4 UGLY
5 PERFECTIONISM
6 BAD MOM/WIFE
7 ICK

My limited lens in the mirror is not aware of God’s daily presence in and with me. Can you relate to this feeling?

Look in the mirror through the eyes of God’s presence surrounding you. and what do you feel?
Do it again through the eyes of this quote by Brother Lawrence:

“There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God: those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it”

Brother Lawrence

We can share the beauty we experience.. Not out of a prideful manner because we can share what we see looking through His Eyes. Experience His love and let it flow.

Seeking God;s heart causes me to see the wonder in a snowflake on a grey day, and to realize each is a unique creation,.

Knowing I am a gift is a Joy.

Seeking His heart, and His presence is challenging.It challenges my dreams, the way to create and to express wonder without limits Can I learn to freely worship as God created me?

It allows me to look again in the mirror and enjoy the gift of me.

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