Wednesday Writing written by Corinne Mustafa...2/8/17

Good Morning

Today's writing is titled, "What God Sees," and it is my writing. I love trees. I love them in the summer when their leaves shade us...very important in sunny California. In the winter when the trees are bare and no one pays too much attention to them. Well I do. The shapes and loveliness of the branches...their intricate shapes have a beauty that is amazing. (See the picture below.) Some people do not think winter trees are beautiful. Some people do not think they are beautiful. The truth is that God created them, and He sees them them as beautiful. Here is a quote from this devotional, " The trappings that cover us in beauty...of clothing, of talent, or of makeup and all the things that they world finds to present and to show that someone is special...a work of art so to speak. What God looks at is the bare bones...the skeleton...and sees the true wonder of who we really are...the bare bones of the skeleton that is there."

I am praying that the readers enjoy a blessed Wednesday. Please continue to pray for our country.

God bless,

Corinne

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                                     Today' s Devotional                               "What God Sees"

But now the Lord who created you, O Israel, says: Don’t be afraid, for I have ransomed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.
                               Isaiah 43:1

To say that trees are beautiful is an observation that is apparent. They are homes for birds to build nests in. They provide shade for the sizzling days of summer. In fact, where would we be without trees...in a desert perhaps.        

We all appreciate trees when Spring comes and the bright green leaves start to present themselves...when the pinkness of flowers give us a warm fuzzy feeling. Then there are the amazing shade trees that we can hide under in the summer.

Well, I was looking at trees in fall when the leaves have fallen off and left them naked. They look so lovely with their lacy limbs exposed. That is the time when you can see the bare bones of a tree...the beautiful lacy skeleton of all that encompasses the beauty of a tree when it is unveiled. Without this skeleton of lacy branches the new spring look of pale greenness would not be. Without this skeleton the full dark green shade of summer also would not be.

People look at us and they are distracted by the "lush greenery" of our outer looks. The trappings that cover us in beauty...of clothing, of talent, or of makeup and all the things that they world finds to present and to show that someone is special...a work of art so to speak. What God looks at is the bare bones...the skeleton...and sees the true wonder of who we really are...the bare bones of the skeleton that is there. He does not need to have all the trappings of beauty, He sees us as we are...pure and beautiful as He has made us. For God there is no need of trappings that cover who He has created us to be. He loves the bare bones of who He has created us to be. 

  

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Here is an uplifting graphic

for you to think about.

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Prayers are lifted up daily for 

you by the Devotional Writers 

and the Monthly Writing Staff

of Women's Focus Ministries.

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