Beautiful

I see Your face in every sunrise
The colors of the morning are inside Your eyes
The world awakens in the light of the day
I look up to the sky and say
You're beautiful

These words are running through my head, yet again after another night at Pursuit. Worship is something I do a lot (being at a christian school) and I hear this song a lot. But tonight, I actually understood and listened to these words. I see His face in every sunrise, the colors of the morning are inside Your eyes. The sunrise reflects his eyes.

I look around at creation and realize just how beautiful my God, my Creator, my Father is. Today is one of those days. Tonight I realized how beautiful everything around me is. Everything on this earth has His name written all over it. Everything on this planet is His trademark. Everything screams His glory.

More than just realizing this, a thought came to mind when I was marveling at His beauty. My family. I have never truly realized before now how beautiful my family is. To me, my family seems a bit unorthodox and a little unbalanced at times. But everything about them is a testament to God's artistic hand. He created that little brown boy that loves to sing and dance and braid hair. His smile shines through that big headed blond boy, still learning how to walk and read. His love is inside that brown haired, goofy grinning girl. God's beauty is inside each and every one of my siblings. His patience lives in the 21 year old learning to live on her own. His compassion is burning inside the caretaker of the house, the strong leader, the fantastic mother. His genius seeps through the wise 22 year old brother who seeks out knowledge through his Creator.

Man. How truly awestruck I was to behold this image. How entirely speechless I became at the thought, my God's beauty is pouring out of my own family. His loving kindness is the glue that holds us together. Wow.

Not only did it make me realize how awesome this artist is, but it made me realize how much love he put inside our family. My mom who has been a single mother for 20 years does nothing but give, give, and give some more. She has taken in children that no one wanted, that no one cared to take a second glance at. How awesome is that? How beautiful is that? It utterly astounds me that God has given my mother such a big heart. A heart to love on those who are not loved.

These thoughts leave me speechless. Literally, I have nothing more to say. I am in awe of the beauty the Lord has created.

This family, this unit, this MASTERPIECE that He has created, is my family.

I see Your power in the moonlit night
Where planets are in motion and galaxies are bright
We are amazed in the light of the stars
It's all proclaiming who you are
You're beautiful


until later,

the explorer