Views From Within The Beauty

Beauty is not only in the eye of the beholder, it is also in the eye of the Creator.



Perhaps the colors I see are only pale shadows of what I will see in heaven, but I truly enjoy the approximation here.  It is still the Sculptor of delicate petals and the Painter of vibrant colors I have to thank.  He is the One presenting these things to me, showing off, but the One who should be.

Is the color beneath the waves any less vibrant?  It's as if the very water itself glows with color and life.  Again the Sculptor and Painter presents His work, only this time we had to dive for it.

The closest approximation of people and technology just cannot touch the vibrancy of my Master.  How can I not point to the wonders of my Master and praise Him?  But how do I do it so others realize the beauty and think to praise?  I try.  That in and of itself will go a long way.  It could be that my Master will make up the difference.

Day 1 And I Already Need Help

I walk from the room to swim.  I need to wake up and accept that I am not here because of what or who I am.  I am here because I was once again, sent.  I have been sent here by my Master, and I am here at His service.  I seem to be forgetting that.  It is a vacation, but every vacation is also an opportunity to serve.

You see, it's the first day and I already see I have so much room for improvement.  My wife and I didn't pray over a meal last night, and I didn't think much of it at first, until a couple next to us did.  How simple an opportunity was missed?  I need to be one of those.  Not that I do it to draw attention to myself and any righteousness I might have (I have none but His), but rather because I accomplish two things.  It becomes clear that my Master has followers among them.  And these will hold me accountable for my actions and attitudes; they will know what I am because I will no longer be hiding.

I don't want to leave an empty spot where someone needs to see a disciple of the Master.  Master, You love me, You have my back, and I am at Your service.

Meandering Abroad

Curtain Bluff | Antigua, West Indies

For the next five days I will be at the resort described in the link above. I will be there with a lot of sales folk from my company; many of whom have no or little relationship with my Master. My goal, and what readers of this blog will keep me accountable for,  is that I be a salted light to people in tasteless darkness; that the glory of my Master draw them to Him. That should be...difficult, if only because it is so hard for people to look past the person for what makes them; and it is so hard for me to be content giving the attention away.

That's where this blog comes in. I am able to be here with my wife only because my Master made it possible. I was the farmer who planted fields and watered; but it was my Master Who caused the growth, granting me a harvest. Please help me maintain that "farmer mentality" so necessary to seeking the glory of Another!

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