beautiful interruptions

Day 19

Yesterday as I was crossing the bridge between MU’s two libraries, I saw the sunset out the window. It was one of  God’s stellar paintings in the sky, the thick orange blankets of clouds contrasted by that brilliant blue that’s so hard to describe. Sillohuetted seagulls soared against the evening’s artwork.

I stopped. I caught my breath. I got teary-eyed at this sight that no artist on earth could even nearly replicate. One second, I was thinking about how tired I was and glad that it was only an hour until I got off work. The next, I couldn’t tear my eyes or my mind from the sunset.

It was another one of life’s beautiful interruptions.

I especially like the ones of those that are conversation-stoppers. You know, the ones where you’re driving along, chatting about this or that and all of the sudden, someone says, “Hey, look at the moon!” or “Wow – those clouds are awesome!” or “There’s a bald eagle on the side of the road!” And everyone gets quiet and just stares for a while. Yeah, I like that.

Moments like those are so needed – they take us out of the mundane and remind us of this spectacular world we live in, of our awesome God who created such things with great delight.

And often, all I can say is ,”Wow, Lord. That’s amazing. Thanks for doing that.”