Beauty Makes You Feel Good!

Have you ever noticed when you look at something you really like it makes you feel good?

I think God made us that way because it infuses us with power and strength just by looking at something beautiful. It actually energizes you!

Have we shut ourselves down under a form of denial…self denial or stoicism where we prevent ourselves or will not allow ourselves to look at and enjoy what God has made for us, and placed around us?

I think it honors God when we notice and appreciate and are grateful for the beautiful things in life he has given to us and placed around us to enjoy.

It’s not a form of pride, but like we as parents are happy when our children enjoy what we’ve given and have picked out for them, that’s the same way God is with us.

Don’t be afraid to notice and enjoy the beauty around you. Because really you are noticing and enjoying God, and that makes him happy!

Who is God?

  1. God is good.
  2. God is our helper.
  3. God is not selfish.
  4. God made everything and has shared it with us.
  5. God wants us to enjoy what He gave us.
  6. God wants us to be thankful to Him for it.
  7. God made the universe, it did not make Him, nor is it Him.
  8. God made you, God made me.
  9. God has a good plan for each one of us.
  10. God is for our good.
  11. God is not against people, but He is against evil.
  12. God is for reconciliation.
  13. God is not the author of bad, evil or death.
  14. God doesn’t want anyone to be out of His presence for eternity.
  15. God wants to reason with us and help us.
  16. God will not finish something off just because it is already broken.
  17. God will not quench something- even if only a tiny bit of life is left.
  18. God made us in His image.
  19. God is life.
  20. God is the giver of life.
  21. God is a forgiver.
  22. God is our Father.
  23. God is not an evil task-master.
  24. God knows everything.
  25. God will give us His wisdom…if we ask.
  26. God changes hearts.
  27. God loved the world-He thought it up and made it.
  28. God gave us Jesus.
  29. Jesus forgave us.
  30. Jesus, when on earth, showed us what God in heaven is like.
  31. God is good.
  32. Let God into your life.
  33. God will help you.
  34. God will protect you.
  35. God will keep you safe.
  36. This is who God is.
  37. God is love.

Proper English and Good Grammar

Back in the day… the school days that is… spelling, English and grammar were my cup of tea. I still think it has its place; however, it is not as important as reaching people using, if necessary, everyday English and ‘grammese’.

So, in case some wonder why my sentences may not ring grammatically true, or end in a pronoun, or why some of my words are not even in the dictionary, the reason is because (and that is another no-no to good grammar)…I hope to reach people’s hearts, not their English teacher’s grade-book.

We can get bent out of shape in our quest for perfection and miss the work God is trying to do in our lives, because the comma was improperly used or the same tense and pronoun usage was not ‘obeyed’ throughout the entire work!

Cast that aside! We are talking to real people about real things, real problems, real solutions, real events and many people would just prefer if they were ‘spoken to’ in common everyday working English. Not something from the halls of Harvard, or yelled from Yale. ( I know that was a run-on sentence too.)

I have nothing against higher education, but there is One higher than higher education. He is the one I aim to please.

So please, forgive my English!