As I begin to feel the change in the air signaling a new season, I can’t help but thrill at the beauty that God has shared with us.

Man’s masterpieces are rare, and we lock them up in museums. God scatters His creations abundantly – each one a unique testimony to His creative power and attention to detail.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 He has made every thing beautiful in his time: also he has set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end.

Changing colors, caterpillar lunch,
Dragonfly ogle, ghost crab munch,
Tiny grasshopper, flower shine,
Such beauty.

Autumn artistry,
Monarch wing,
Peering lizard,
Toadstool bling -
Such beauty!

I stand amazed at the everyday creativity of our God, but I remember that God culminated His creation with mankind. It seems, therefore, that we bear the responsibility of sharing His beauty wherever we are.

Minister grace today, and SHINE!

Psalm 29:2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

Photo – Nature Collages, Beth Mims