Create Beauty: I'm Dreaming of a White (indoor) Christmas!

Friday, December 4, 2009

I'm Dreaming of a White (indoor) Christmas!

... Browsing through the Christmas decor at a local shop ...

How beautiful, all the white and snow inspired decor!

We had excessive snow last Christmas for our area.

So, I am not wishing for a white Christmas this year,

~ unless it is inside ~

Are these bears adorable or what?!?!?

Enjoy the Beauty of the Season!

~ Violet ~

2 comments:

parTea lady said...: Loved seeing all your lovely white Christmas photos. Here in GA snow at Christmas would be a treat, especially since it never stays on the ground for more than a day or so. ;-); December 7, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Charlene said...: Love the white bear in the second photo. They were all wonderful but, that bear was my favorite.; December 8, 2009 at 9:31 PM

Beauty Inspires

"Beauty and affliction are the only two things that can pierce our hearts." (a quote by Simon Weil) - is how John Eldredge begins a chapter in his book "Journey of Desire". He goes on to say, "Because this is so true, we must have a measure of beauty in our lives proportionate to our affliction ... No, more, much more. Is not this God's prescription for us?

Just take a look around. The sights and sounds, the aromas and sensations - the world is overflowing with beauty.

God seems to be rather enamored with it.

G lo r i o u s l y wasteful.

Apparently, He feels that there ought to be plenty of it in our lives.

Beauty ... heals, stirs us, moves and inspires. Lift any obstacle you may have to filling your life with greater and greater amounts of beauty.

Quote by John Eldredge

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"One should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of one's life, In order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul."

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~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe