Bless the Lord, O my soul;

And all that is within me,

bless His holy name!

Psalm 103:1

I am learning that life does not go always as

planned. This is a hard concept. I have such

lovely, good and precious hopes and dreams...

or so I think them to be so,

but just because I hope and pray for good things, does not

mean I'll always get them. I told the Lord

last night... once again : )... my dreams, and asked Him if He

didn't think they were good and full of beauty.

You see... I love beauty... True beauty... His beauty... and

my dreams are full of it. At least what I think is

beauty.

I saw myself sitting right on His lap,

telling Him my hurt, resting upon His heart.

It was clear... I felt I could have been truly there

with Him in person... and then His Peace

and Love came. It filled my heart and

then He spoke...

I have seen

His beauty,

everyday.

I have

known His

great gifts,

His miraculous

deeds, His tender

care.

His intricate

provision.

His

friendship when

others fail.

His understanding,

His faithfulness,

His grace to

keep loving

me.

His love

throughout my

whole life,

and now.

I have seen

His beauty in ways

so great, it takes

my

breath

away.

Not just

the grand things,

but the small ones as well.

He has given me so much,

how can I thank Him?

He

is

beautiful,

and I have surely seen it.

Bless the Lord,

O my soul!

I am in the process of memorizing

Psalm 103. I have *gulp* mostly

memorized up t0 verse 19.

I want to post a verse each day,

along with a picture that

reminds me of God's

beauty.

It is everywhere,

you must just

open your

eyes.