One
evening last fall as I was leaving the studio to go home for the evening, I was
greeted by this amazing sight. It was as
if God painted the sky right before me.
I just happened to have my “real” camera with me as opposed to my iPhone
which sadly captures many of my family’s memories. I had to stop and capture the beauty that was
before me.
I am not
one to stop and look at nature. My poor husband
knows this better than anyone. When we
were on our honeymoon in Canada and driving through the mountains he kept “oohing”
and “ahhing” over the majesty of our surroundings. When he noticed I wasn’t doing the same, he
asked me about it. I promise this was my
response: “When you have seen one tree, you have seen them all”. After his stunned silence I realized that I may
be needed to rethink that just a little bit.
I still am
not someone who is captivated by nature for the sake of nature. I will never be a landscape
photographer. I can’t think of anything
more boring. I do love to use nature to
frame a beautiful portrait – but the end result is still about the person and
not nature. Still, even this immune to
natural beauty photographer, was stopped dead in my tracks. I don’t think I have ever seen a more
beautiful sunset before and I know I haven’t since.
I leave
you with God’s masterpiece painted just for me that night. I have not enhanced the colors in any
way. This is how it looked that evening
in person.
I leave
you with Numbers 6:24-27 to think upon as you look at the splendor of the sky:
24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten
you and be gracious to you;
26 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
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