The Beauty of Tea, Creation and Friends

While checking out some new blogs, I found a wonderful writers blog named Melissa's Cozy Teacup via Stacy's Active Christian Media blog.

If you go to Melissa's site, you will see an invitation to write about a photo posted there. The caption in the following "Writing Wednesdays" icon states "the more you write, the better you get!!!"




So, I thought... why not? The following is my submission for Wednesday, September 10, 2008:


The Beauty of Tea, Creation and Friends

Ahhh! How delightful! The simple pleasures in life can be seen in the enjoyment of a cup of tea while in the midst of a beautiful view of the mountains.

How nice to taste a wonderful beverage while waiting for two friends to join me. All three of such pleasures - tea, creation, and friends - are wonderful presents from God.

When my friends get here, we may start chatting immediately. However, our conversation may start to decrease as we sip our tea and look out, in awe, at the beautiful scene of creation that God has provided before us this day.

A Bible verse just came to my mind. "Be still and know that I am God." In our busy day to day routines, sometimes we forget to take in the beauty that the Lord has given us. Why don't we praise Him more often for all that He provides?

I truly believe that beauty is evidence of God's love, mercy and grace. While witnessing a pretty and photogenic scene in nature, we are given a glimpse of what Eden must have been like before the Fall of man.

God intended for Adam and Eve to live in paradise, forever. But sin ruined that and separated them (and us) from Him. They, as well as every person born since then, have been held captive by our failings. Thank God that He has provided His Son, Jesus Christ, as the way, the truth, and the life for us to be reconciled back to Him! Through repentance, we can be born again and saved by grace through faith via what Jesus did for us at the cross.

The horrible state of sin on our souls in this world has been overcome by our Savior! All we need to do is "drink in," and accept, what the Lord has done to save our souls from eternal death!

In the Millennium, when Christ returns, paradise will be restored for all who believe in Him. We will get to eat from the Tree of Life and drink the living waters of eternal life.

My friends have now arrived! Did I tell you that they have not been born again in Christ...yet? I have been waiting for the right moment to share the gospel with them. There is no time like the present. Amen?
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See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. Colossians 2:8

The eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth to show Himself strong to those whose hearts are fully committed to Him. 2 Chronicles 16:9