I am finding myself looking at the heavens a lot more these days.  I am trying to watch and enjoy as many sunrises and sunsets as I can, and I am letting their beauty fill my soul with happiness. I love seeing God paint the heavens with glorious reds, purples, pinks, oranges, and golds. I love gazing with wonder at these ever-changing masterpieces. Every sunrise feels like God is welcoming us to a new day full of wonder and delight. Every sunset feels like God is kissing us goodnight and wishing us sweet dreams. Every time I look at them I feel God’s peace and joy, and I know that I am loved by the greatest love imaginable.

Looking at the heavens helps me to feel the Heaven inside myself too.  When I gaze at the sky and witness God’s glorious creation, I want to thank God for my own life and all the wonderful blessings in it.  When I stare at those beautiful sunrises and sunsets, I happily remember that I am here to live a beautiful life full of peace and love myself.  When I look at those bright heavens each day of my life, I want to share the Heaven in my own soul as well.

Every day the sun rises again in the morning sky.  Its welcoming beauty and light is always there even if it is sometimes hidden by the clouds.  Every evening the sun sets in the night sky but not without a promise of even more beauty and light the next day. Take some time today to look up at the heavens then. Take some time today to find the Heaven within yourself. Take some time today to make your own life a Heavenly light full of love, joy, peace, happiness, goodness, and delight. Take some time today to share that light with the world and show others that they can do the same. Take some time today to remember that God loves you and wants you to live a life as joyful as the sunrise, and as beautiful as the setting sun.                                            

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