The Essence Of God

I usually attend a Yoga class once a week, and today was the day. I am really beginning to enjoy the class! After Yoga I head over to Garden of the Gods for a run. OH! What stunning beauty. I am taken back by the landscape of Colorado! I am so thankful to get to live in such a beautiful place. It was cloudy during my entire run, but the sun has come out now and I am soaking it up!! My vanity has a tendency to take over when the sun comes out! :)

As I read this morning I found myself today moving back to my mentality of just reading and not stopping to process the words that resonated in my heart. I did plan on coming back to the thoughts and processing them like I am doing now. But I must be careful. It is so easy for me to just want to finish something to finish it.

Life is a process and I must remember that. It gives me freedom. It allows me to slow down my pace of life.

Thoughts from chapter two in captivating:

Beauty is the essence of God

I continue to struggle with relating who God is to beauty, and not just what he creates. Yesterday's post challenged you to create your own list of what beauty means to you. Here is a short list of words that I think of, when I think of beauty:

Rest

Peace

Light

Life

Simplicity

Enchanting

Joy

Laughter

These words describe the essence of GOD, our father…he is rest, peace, light…he is life, simplicity, enchanting and joy… he is at the heart of laughter and smiles.

“ It (beauty) draws you in, holds your attention. You can’t wait to get back to it, spend time with it. All of the responses that God wants of us. All of the responses a woman wants too. Beauty invites.”

And finally, I conclude my thoughts today with the experiences of yesterday. Again, I challenged you to ask yourself "what is each person I cross paths with today showing me about God?" When I did this, I found myself looking at each woman that came into the store and seeing beauty in her eyes. I saw these women so differently…so whole….so pure… so beautiful. It was quite a shift in my perspective.