Our Delight Is His Delight

You know what I love?

Beauty.

And the best part is that it's all around. Beauty is truly all around.

If you know how to find it.

We live in a world and culture that defines beauty through the size of our waist and the color of our hair and the name on our clothes. We walk through a world and culture where the eyes of man are constantly looking for a way to improve the way we look to satisfy the desire of someone else. Yes, it's easy to find beauty in those ways because we've been told what beauty is. Got the hair? Check. Got the waist size? Check. Got the make-up? Check. Got the muscles? Check. Ok, then you're beautiful! All I had to do was type in "beauty" on google images, and all that popped up was women who filled that mold.

There is so much more beauty to the world. Do you realize how much of this world was made beautiful simply because God knew we'd like it? He could have made the world in blacks and grays. But He didn't. He painted skies of deep blue and He swirled pinks and reds and purples into a sunset.

He could have made flowers without their beautiful scent. But He didn't. He poured fragrance into them because He knew that we'd love to smell them. And He wanted to take delight in our delight. Do you know how often God waits for you to take notice of His creation so that He can find joy in your pleasure? What beauty is found in His creation! He made us each individually and uniquely because beauty is unique to each person. He gave us all different talents and gifts because He knew we'd find joy in each others' gifts as well! The song you love to listen to on repeat? He gave that singer his voice because He wanted you to enjoy it. That painting that makes you catch your breath? He gave that artist her hand to paint so that you could stop and look at it. That child that has the laugh to make your heart stop? He filled that child with it so that you would be touched by it. That hill you love to sled down? He created it knowing how much you'd laugh as you slid down it. He loves when His children have fun! 

 

Everything God did, He had us in mind. I love just imagining Him in the creation process, thinking about me. Thinking about you. "She'll like this," and "I can't wait until he's born so that I can watch him smile from this." I was driving down a scenic road the other day, and my heart was just bursting because of the beauty around me. I said, "God, You're so beautiful!" And He responded, "I love watching you take delight in My beauty!" He says that for all of us.

Our delight is His delight.

The Best Is Yet To Come...