Why Did He Do It?

I don't know if this fall is more gorgeous than usual or if I'm just taking more notice of it for some reason. Either way, it's been gorgeous. The weather has been absolutely perfect and the trees... I can't even describe the beauty.

Pictures don't really do it justice either but I'm going to give you a little peek at my drive to school this week...

Have you ever wondered if God cared about you? Somehow the fact that He would go to the bother of making trees look this beautiful for a few days in the Fall convinces me that He does.

Does the fact that a tree has beautiful leaves make it a better tree? Does it make the fruit it produces more tasty? Not really.

Why did God bother?

Maybe He was just having fun, 

who knows?

Maybe He hoped it would 

make us think of Him;

cause us to worship.

Maybe He wanted us to realize 

something about Him.

There's something special to me about serving a God who loves beauty.

Maybe He wanted to put an ache 

in our hearts for Heaven.

Can you imagine a place that is so much more beautiful than this?

Maybe He just wanted to 

brighten our days.

Stop and think about how dull 

and hopeless a black and white

 world would be!

Whatever the case, 

something inside of me aches

at the sheer, glorious beauty of it all.

And I worship 

with awe

at the feet of a Father

who creates such beauty

Just Because.

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Had you been following me  this afternoon on winding 

little ol Pennyroyal Road, 

you might have wondered what ailed the crazy lady in the blue van who kept stopping in the middle of the road and sticking her phone out her van window every couple hundred yards.......