STOP & LOOK AROUND YOU!

• Leo Tolstoy, the Russian author (of War & Peace, & Anna Karenina) wrote:

  "In the name of God, stop a moment,
  cease your work, look around you!"

  What beautiful advice in a world that is moving Much Too Fast for us to enjoy the life and treasures He showers on us each day!
• So, stop a moment, cease your work and listen to a song by Chris Rice, "Hallelujahs," (from his CD, "Deep Enough to Dream.")
• “One thing I ask of the LORD, (just one thing out of all things!) this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek Him in His temple*(and that would take an eternity to see and comprehend Your beauty and the way You've fashioned our lives in it!)” (Psalm 27:4).
• Where have you seen God's beauty today?
  

GOD IS EVERYWHERE IN OUR LIVES

• Listen to a beautiful song by Nichole Nordeman (from her CD, "This Mystery") that has touched & changed my life.
• I intend for it to be played at my funeral as a reminder to all who know they can find God "in every season."
• His promise is, "The LORD Himself goes before you (so there's nowhere I can go that You haven't already been & prepared the way for me) and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you (I am never alone, even if I feel like it; You are always at hand to protect & guide & encourage). Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged (With Your help, then, I won't!)" (Deuteronomy 31:4).
• He is always working to draw us closer in relationship with Him. That means with You, too!
• May this song be a blessing for you as well.
• How has He worked in your life this week?