By Brad Campbell –

Just a thought to help start your week.

My youngest daughter and I took a road trip to Nashville, TN, a couple of weeks ago.  Nashville, the home of country music, is a favorite of each of my girls.  We did some exploring, took in the Country Music Hall of Fame and the famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop. 

As we walked along the Cumberland River downtown, we stopped to admire the beauty of the place, which you can see in the trees pictured here.  Just mere feet away from us were seemingly mobs of people bustling about in anticipation of many ongoing activities, traffic in every lane and going in every direction, and oh the noise.  And yet, even in the midst of all that, was the beauty of God’s creation.

As you enter the hustle and bustle of your week, perhaps full of mobs of people, lots of traffic, or maybe too much noise, take time – if even just a moment – to see the beauty of God’s creation right there beside you.

And if you don’t SEE the beauty, then BE the beauty.  The world needs it!  And oh, what a difference it can make. 

Just a thought…