"Do you see the beautiful?"

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I walked into our bedroom one morning and my wife said, "Ssssh." She sat on the edge of our bed, facing the window that looks out over our front yard and horse pastures. The window was up and she held in her hands a pair of binoculars.

She pointed out the window and whispered, "Look." Standing there in the front yard, about 15 yards from the window, were seven deer, including a mom and twin fawns who still had a few spots.

My wife reminded me just a couple of days before that "we"—translates into "you, Joey"—need to repair the fences around the horse pastures where the deer have knocked down and broken boards. So of course, my first thought was that here was my wife conspiring with the enemy.

Then she said, "I know they tear up our fences, but they sure are beautiful." Again I experienced the power of choosing to see the beautiful in God’s creation as I listened to my life. So I sat down beside her and made a life for a few minutes.

You have the same choice. So as you listen to life today, choose to see the beautiful.

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