Noticing the Beauty
“One thing I ask of the Lord, 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.” * When pumpkins were selling in early October, the ones that really caught my eye were the unusual ones—those that were very small, or colored with green, orange and yellow stripes, or the odd-shaped pumpkins. However, wherever we went, the price seemed pretty steep, so I held off from buying one. When Halloween had passed and the “Pumpkin Patch” sponsored by our church was finished for the year, all of the left-over pumpkins were being given away one Sunday morning. I spotted the perfect one, well not perfect, but interesting! It was large, heavy, light orange in color and covered with brown bumps that looked like barnacles, according to Al! Or peanuts in the shell! The ladies who were in charge of the pumpkin giveaway were happy that I had chosen that one. “I kept hoping that ...
