There is Beauty All Around... in January!

January has gotten a bad rap for a long time and for some very good reasons.

• There are no holidays where most everyone gets a day off
•  Christmas celebrations are over.
• Time to pay bills from those celebrations.
• In many places it's cold, often times it feels like the coldest month of the year.
• Nature is asleep.
• It's dark....and the list could go on.

This January has felt different this year. I've been noticing the beauty around me. We've had some spectacular snow storms and the mountains where I live are completely covered.  I stepped out of church the other week to get something from my car and there was an ice fog that looked like a movie effect.  The sunrises and sunsets are breathtaking.  This morning, the sky was soft and light. I could see the moon and wisps of clouds underneath. Light from the street lamp was hitting just right to make it look pink.  It felt for a moment that I was in Paris. 

I encourage you as you go out today to try to find something beautiful. I hope you'll be pleasantly surprised.  

(These pictures are from my less than amazing cell phone camera and don't do the scenes justice but I hope they give you inspiration to find the beauty in January.)