"take a flight across the water..."

the sun glistening off the water shocks one's senses to the point of appreciation for a beauty that literally breaks apart the brain, the heart, the soul. Why would God stoop to the level of spiritual animals who often forsake Him, and take the time in infuse their lives, my life, with beauty? Dostoyevsky once talked about how 'terrifying' beauty was...how it unnerved the security one often finds within oneself, or perhaps moreso--within one's conception of the world. But beauty shatters that glass house with ruthless care for one's true person...locked within whatever preconceptions of life, the world, and the limitations thereof....His mercies really are new every morning--literally. Such an amazing morning drive we have....He is good. All the time, God is good. And His paintbrush is finely tuned and exhibits a magnanimity unknown or ill-conceived of by human thought and action. He is so far above us....His ways confound us, His decrees confuse us, His creations overwhelm us, His love pervades us, His knowledge makes fools of us all....