Arrayed In Splendor

Life is funny sometimes. We grow and we know so much more than when we were small children yet there is always so much more to learn. I don't know why things pop into my head sometimes but as I was driving to the ladies Bible study group I attend Thursday morning I began thinking about how beautiful the Fall colors were this year despite the dry hot summer we have had. The verses came to my mind where Jesus talks about the lilies in Matthew chapter 6, "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say to you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. "  Our Creator has made so much beauty and we are His precious creation, His workmanship. I thought about how we often overlook the simple yet intricate things. I remember when my children were little and they would bring me a dandelion or flower just to bless me. I have one pressed between the pages of a book. In one little flower there is so much information that if I were to study as a scientist or botanist I would have to conclude that life is a wonder and it would have to come about by something much greater than I could ever comprehend.

Today's study was from Proverbs31 verse 30
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.

It's nice to look and feel our best yet we all have times when everything seems out of place. What God sees first is not our outward appearance but what is within . God is love and love shines ! I pray that His love will shine in my life because it is the beauty that will last when all else fades.