In Monday’s reflection Sherah-Leigh reminded us of the powerful counterweight beauty can be in the face of despair. With intention choose an activity this week that activates a joyful response to the beauty you are experiencing.
Here are some ideas, but the possibilities are endless!
- Take a slow walk in a favorite park or spot you love
- Cook or bake a dish that is especially aromatic
- Sit down and watch a sunset
- Commit for a day to noticing the beautiful variety of people’s faces and expressions
- Make something beautiful
May the beauty found in God’s creation renew your spirit!
Some Comfort and Joy was developed as a devotional resource that follows the rhythms and seasons of the liturgical year from an Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective.
Comfort & Joy: Readings and Practices for Advent is available now! With readings to walk through the Advent and Christmas season, the weekly offerings in Comfort and Joy include a variety of devotional meditations and invitations to spiritual practices that help us slow down and savor this sacred season.
some comfort and joy 
Thank you for your reminder to notice the beauty all around. I try to tell my children and grandchildren to stop and notice the beauty in the ordinary all around. This morning I experienced the moon shining brightly in the west and the corals of sunrise in the east that made the colors in the trees glow.
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The moon was incredible this morning! I would have missed it entirely if my daughter hadn’t called it to may attention on the drive to school. What a gift!
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I can picture it! The moon was shining in my bedroom window early this morning. Thank you for naming the beauty of this morning so clearly!
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