Great Grey Elephant

"Whatever God touches

 is transformed into a thing of beauty-

which we may not even

notice until He opens

our eyes to see."

 Dr. Charles Stanley

Great grey elephant,

little yellow bee,

Tiny purple violet,

big tall tree...

Red and white sailboat on a blue sea.

All these things you gave me, God,

When you made my eyes to see.

Thank You God.

Author Unknown

The Beauty of Creation Bears Witness to God

Question the beauty of the earth,

the beauty of the sea,

the beauty of the wide air around you,

the beauty of the sky;

Question the order of the stars,

the sun whose brightness lights the day,

the moon whose splendor softens

the gloom of night;

Question the living creatures

that move in the waters,

that roam the earth,

that fly through the air;

the spirit that lies hidden,

the matter that is manifest;

the visible things that are ruled,

the invisible that rule them;

question all these.

They will answer you:

"Behold and see, we are beautiful."

Their beauty is their confession of God.

Who made these beautiful changing things,

If not One who is beautiful and changeth not?

Bringing In the Harvest

Karen Noles

Late Have I Loved Thee

Late have I loved Thee.

O Beauty, ever ancient, ever new,

Late have I loved Thee.

And see, You were within 

and I was in the external world

and sought You there,

and in my unlovely state 

I plunged into those lovely created things

which You made.

You were with me

and I was not with You.

The lovely things 

kept me far from You,

though if they did not have 

their existence in You

they had no existence at all.

You called and cried out loud

and shattered my deafness.

You were radiant and resplendent,

You put to flight my blindness.

You were fragrant, and I drew in my breath

and now pant after You.

I tasted You and I feel but

hunger and thirst for You.

You touched me, and I am set on fire

to attain the peace which is Yours.

Augustine of  Hippo

(354-430)

Little Wildflower

Karen Noles