Musings at Altitude

I woke up this morning desperately seeking smiles.

Quite a bit of stress lately.

Working through some tough issues.

My journey through the Bible has taken me this morning to Ecclesiastes. 

I read Chapter 2 today.

Definitely not a lot of smiles there.

I did smile as I walked around outside with the dog-that-won’t-die named Gizmo.

It’s a beautiful day again.

But I found a big smile when I sat down and looked at the pictures from yesterday on Denise’s camera.

Here’s what I found:

Don’t know how that happened!

25 quick shots…all slightly different as the three maybe not so willing participants moved!

I can only imagine what life would be like if every moment of our life was captured in a series of quick snapshots like this.

In looking at ourselves, would we see joy?

Would we see worry?

Would we see the stress and obvious strain of life?

Would we be staring into the distance, excited about what’s to come or concerned for our future?

Would we see love?

Would we sense happiness or see the obvious signs of sadness?

George Strait has a song out called “I Saw God Today”.  It goes like this:

I’ve been to church

I’ve read the book

I know he’s here

But I don’t look

Near as often as I should,

Yeah, I know I should

His fingerprints are everywhere

I just slowed down to stop and stare

Opened my eyes and man I swear

I saw God today.

I just listened to it – I Saw God Today.

We’ve had beautiful children join our family lately.

Here’s one, lots of attitude, but incredible beauty:

And here’s another one, too early for much attitude, but serenity beyond belief at times:

He’s just beyond his due date now and already been in this world for more than a month!

When I woke up this morning, I saw sunshine.

I saw beauty.

I saw smiles.

I heard laughter.

I saw majestic mountains.

I saw people walking by, running by, driving by.

I saw the gift of life.

I held a gift of life.

I heard music.

I too saw God today.