king a lot about beauty. There are a lot of different kinds. Different places to look. Different definitions. Just... Oi. I love beauty. I love to find beauty, to search for it. Here are some of my very jumbled thoughts on beauty and where/when you can and do find it. =P I hope that even a little bit of what I'm saying makes sense. Sometimes I am not that great at getting my thoughts down and into the English that most people understand. *wink wink*Okay. So we all know that life is hard. It is scary. Sometimes it sucks. There are days where all you wanna do is curl up in a hole and cry. There are days where you wanna be a hermit, a recluse, and just hide from everything. Days where you want a remote so that you can rewind, and start over.
Y'all know what I am talking about. You all know that ain't ever an option. Once it is done you can't change it. You have to live with it. Live through it.
I've found there is an absolute beauty to that. Just another instance where you can see God working in your life. He chucks things at you, challenging you to rise to meet them, to face them. He helps you to overcome things you never thought that you could overcome--things that without Him you never would have overcome.Beauty in knowing that the Lord is with you, helping you to overcome things. There is a beauty in heartbreak. There is a beauty in grief. There is a beauty in tears, in sorrow, in loss.
Then there is the obvious beauty. A sunset, a flower, the aching sweetness of a little child. There is beauty in a smile, in hope, in dreams, in hugs, in laughter. There is all that veritable,
true, and visible beauty.I love it all. I love beauty. It makes me happy. God is so amazing. He has blessed us with so much beauty! And it is all around us... All we have to do look for it. And I think that there is a lot that we can learn while searching for beauty, in discovering beauty, in finally recognizing it. *sigh* I dunno. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say. To be honest, I'm rarely sure of what I am trying to say. =P I'm immensely thankful to God that He blessed us with beauty, and that He's allowed me of all people to see so much of it. I hope that you too can see beauty. I hope that you too are touched by a beautiful person. And, I hope that every time you see something beautiful you remember who created it, who blessed you and allowed you to see it. God is awesome. God is good. God is beauty.
Signing out on another post of non-sense,
Your Sister in Christ,
~Mariah
Hey Riah! Good post!! =) Haha, yeah, I know what ya mean about not knowing what you're saying yourself. =P lol But it was a good post! Good reminder there is *some* beauty on the earth. =)
ReplyDeleteTalk to ya later!
~Maddie
Mariah. =)
ReplyDeleteI wish I could be there for ya. This distance of a thousand miles gets really annoying at times. I guess all I could think about while reading your post was the song Beauty From Pain by Superchick. I mean, it pretty much sums everything up.
Keep looking for the beauty in everything, but don't avoid confronting the problems that need to be confronted.
Love ya!
Nick.
Great post!
ReplyDeleteAwesome Post Riah!!!!
ReplyDelete<3 ya!
Riah, I know you posted this quite a while ago, but I'm just now getting around to reading it, and it could NOT have come at a better time. The whole part about how God chucks stuff at us so we can learn to rise to meet the challenges was just... WOW! I mean, you are so right, there really is beauty in tears, sorrow, and loss. I am not normally the crying type, but I've been crying so much lately. I mean, lately I just keep feeling like... well, I'm beginning to relate everything to songs and Standing in the Rain by Superchick says it best, "The shadows are long and she fears if she cries that first tear, the tears will not stop raining down" I just cry so much lately and I'm always afraid to start because I know I wont be able to stop. So thank you SO much for the reminder that, even in my tears, there is beauty because, God is right there with me and He's got me. God truly is beauty and everything that he has made is so beautiful! He is absolutely wonderfully amazing! And He is using you in amazing ways to touch lives.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! Love you!
~Mel