There seems to have been lots of these lately for me. Moments that my mind has pin-pointed as beautiful.
I think part of it is because it's winter, which tends to dampen my mood, and so I am always kind of watching for those exceptional moments, where life is just... beautiful.
I wish I had pictures to show, but these moments can come and go so quickly that there's either no time for a picture, or I don't think of it, or a picture just wouldn't capture it, and I'd rather just have it in my head.
So... beautiful moments from the past week:
-Walking to work last Thursday morning. It was cold. Really cold. Everything inside me did not want to leave my warm-ish house. I did though. I bundled up and turned my iPod on, and started walking. I decided to rebel against the weather at the moment and listen to all my favourite songs from summer. But about half-way through "Long Hot Summer", I realized that maybe, instead of being annoyed at the weather, I should embrace it. Because once I actually looked around, it was really beautiful. The moon was almost full, so it was beautifully lit, and the snow was all sparkly and powdery, and the air was so clear and crisp... and it was beautiful. I abandoned all those summer songs, and listened to the Sidewalk Prophets' latest CD instead. Beautiful music, beautiful setting. Only five minutes late for work. What can I say? I was enjoying my walk. ;)
-At the ladies' retreat when Joy and Kaylin and I decided to go for a late night walk, and happened to come across a giant stretch of completely perfect snow. Never been stepped in snow. (If it sounds like I have a lot of late night/early morning experiences in the snow... it's cause I kind of do.) After some discussion as to whether we really wanted to be the ones responsible for ruining such perfection, we all ended up charging through it, and there were three trails of footprints. We went down to the dock, and looked out at frozen Lake Laverne, and it was just another beautiful moment. Snow really is quite beautiful.
-The moment I saw the candy aisle(s) at Wal-Mart last night. Valentine's Day is coming, ya'll. And what better way to celebrate than with candy? Especially when it's so on sale. And there is those good Eggie things. Apparently, they are not just Easter candies. They taste just as good at the end of January as they do in March or April!
-Driving through rain and fog to meet my Tuesday night friends. (They also happen to be excellent friends on any given day of the week!) Driving home through more rain and fog from hanging out with my Tuesday night friend. (Yeah, one friend got lost somewhere along the way. We missed you, friend. :)). On the way home it was completely foggy, and the fog was actually kind of moving... I could see it moving across the road in front of me. And it was one of those moments that could be creepy, but was also kind of beautiful in a very lonely way. I felt kind of like the only person in the world. Well, besides Sarah McLachlan, I guess. She is a good one to listen to if you happen to be driving through the fog.
-Am I the only one who has moments where something just seems so beautiful and wonderful that everything inside me just goes all still and there is this moment where I feel perfectly at peace and calm and loved? I had one of those the other day when I was reading Psalms 33, which I am going to copy for you all to read.
I think part of it is because it's winter, which tends to dampen my mood, and so I am always kind of watching for those exceptional moments, where life is just... beautiful.
I wish I had pictures to show, but these moments can come and go so quickly that there's either no time for a picture, or I don't think of it, or a picture just wouldn't capture it, and I'd rather just have it in my head.
So... beautiful moments from the past week:
-Walking to work last Thursday morning. It was cold. Really cold. Everything inside me did not want to leave my warm-ish house. I did though. I bundled up and turned my iPod on, and started walking. I decided to rebel against the weather at the moment and listen to all my favourite songs from summer. But about half-way through "Long Hot Summer", I realized that maybe, instead of being annoyed at the weather, I should embrace it. Because once I actually looked around, it was really beautiful. The moon was almost full, so it was beautifully lit, and the snow was all sparkly and powdery, and the air was so clear and crisp... and it was beautiful. I abandoned all those summer songs, and listened to the Sidewalk Prophets' latest CD instead. Beautiful music, beautiful setting. Only five minutes late for work. What can I say? I was enjoying my walk. ;)
-At the ladies' retreat when Joy and Kaylin and I decided to go for a late night walk, and happened to come across a giant stretch of completely perfect snow. Never been stepped in snow. (If it sounds like I have a lot of late night/early morning experiences in the snow... it's cause I kind of do.) After some discussion as to whether we really wanted to be the ones responsible for ruining such perfection, we all ended up charging through it, and there were three trails of footprints. We went down to the dock, and looked out at frozen Lake Laverne, and it was just another beautiful moment. Snow really is quite beautiful.
-The moment I saw the candy aisle(s) at Wal-Mart last night. Valentine's Day is coming, ya'll. And what better way to celebrate than with candy? Especially when it's so on sale. And there is those good Eggie things. Apparently, they are not just Easter candies. They taste just as good at the end of January as they do in March or April!
-Driving through rain and fog to meet my Tuesday night friends. (They also happen to be excellent friends on any given day of the week!) Driving home through more rain and fog from hanging out with my Tuesday night friend. (Yeah, one friend got lost somewhere along the way. We missed you, friend. :)). On the way home it was completely foggy, and the fog was actually kind of moving... I could see it moving across the road in front of me. And it was one of those moments that could be creepy, but was also kind of beautiful in a very lonely way. I felt kind of like the only person in the world. Well, besides Sarah McLachlan, I guess. She is a good one to listen to if you happen to be driving through the fog.
-Am I the only one who has moments where something just seems so beautiful and wonderful that everything inside me just goes all still and there is this moment where I feel perfectly at peace and calm and loved? I had one of those the other day when I was reading Psalms 33, which I am going to copy for you all to read.
Psalm 33
Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright.
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him!
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; he frustrates the plans of the peoples.
The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
The Lord looks down from heaven; he sees all the children of man;
from where he sits enthroned he looks out on all the inhabitants of the earth,
he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes their deeds.
The kind is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,
that he may deliver their soul from death and keep them alive in famine.
Our soul waits for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
For our heart is glad in him, because we trust in his holy name.
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in you.
The earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.
Is there anything more beautiful than that?
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