This is one of my favourite views ever, photographed by my beautiful and talented sister.
Sunsets must be my favourite part of the day. I suppose sunrises could be, but I'm rarely awake early enough to see them. A sunset brings with it the end of one day and the hope of another and never fails to stir my affections for our Creator.
The beauty of creation is infinitely diverse - cleverly displayed in the rolling green hills, boasted of in a child's mischievous giggle, magnified in the rising and setting of the sun as the skies are splashed with pastel pinks and hues of blue or burn with fiery reds and smouldering oranges.
This transcendent beauty is our immediate form of the eternal. It displays the generosity and power of our Creator. It reminds us of the beauty of Eden we never knew, yet know deep down our hearts were created for. Earthly beauties are reminiscent of the beauty of our heaven to come - where everything shall be beautiful and all will be perfect.
Beauty haunts us with eternity. And eternity is etched on our hearts.
'Beauty says, 'There is a glory calling to you'. And if there is a glory, there is a source of glory. What great goodness could have possibly created this? What generosity gave us this to behold? Beauty draws us to God'
John Eldredge
No comments:
Post a Comment