Beauty in the ordinary

Craving beauty is as natural as hunger for a good meal

I long for beautiful things

But my appetite for beautiful has been tainted

When we are fed a stream of fancy trips

And beautiful clothes

And luxury surroundings

Its hard to see beauty in a sunrise through a finger smudged window

Its difficult to discern majesty

In overgrown wildflowers in our neighborhood

Homemade pizza doesn’t feel as special

In the shadow of gourmet cuisine

But I ask for eyes to see

Beauty in the ordered and the messy

In the curated and the chaos

In the glamorous an the simple

Because creation proclaims His glory

In the Grand Canyon and the overgrown field

He is whispering His joy on every mountain top

And in every mundane moment

We only need ears to hear