Among the Buttercups
Canon 5D Mark ll, 16-35 2.8L, 4.5 aperture, 1/1250 shutter, 100 ISO
So much can be gained from changing my perspective. From down here, with Buttercup blossoms crowding round my face, I can see the full palette in one scene. Cheerful yellows cast brilliant profiles against the azure blue and wispy-whites of the skies. Horses graze peacefully in the not-so-far distance. I can hear the grass whistling in their teeth as they pull and chomp, pull and chomp. A familiar and comforting sound. The earth is warm and I feel connected to my childhood. I have spent many hours sitting in the dirt, taking it all in.
From down here I can get things straight again. The flowers and I, we worship. Once I find worship, I find myself, my place. All is right and beautiful.
I love how Ann Voskamp puts it in her book One Thousand Gifts. ” To receive God’s gifts, to live exalted and joy-filled, isn’t a function of straining higher, harder, doing more, carrying long the burdens of the super-Pharisees or ultra-saints. Receiving God’s gifts is a gentle, simple movement of stooping lower.”
Just sit among the Buttercups. They know. He is God and He is good, and He has given you everything.
Psalm 16:11 ~ “You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.”
Humble Companion
Looking Up
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Once I find worship, I find myself, my place. All is right and beautiful.
elegant, simple, true
I love, love, love the one of Gunsmoke. So majestic and beautiful.
This was my first taste of worship today. A good way to begin 🙂
So pretty I love horses. Great captures.
I love this. Your perspectives always make me think – and so often leads me to worship. Thanks.
Love the reminder of how important perspective is…He is worthy of my worship no matter what the day holds.