Majestic Sweetness — Where do you find it?

I’ve lived in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, now for over 50 years. Today as I was driving a friend to her home up on a hill (that I used to live on), I just marveled at how wonderfully beautiful the mountains and valleys and hills are. I do cherish my childhood growing up in the farmland of Indiana (with a few small hills) but it would be hard to get me to move back to my home state now.

There’s an old hymn that begins “Majestic Sweetness Sits Enthroned.” I would apply that grandness to our valley. Switzerland is lofty and awesome for anyone to behold. Alaska and the Caribbean and Spain and Beligum have all helped me marvel too. There are mountains everywhere, of course: Japan, China, India, Argentina, Brazil … too many to mention.  I guess what I’m saying is that these days of April in our part of the mountains, this carries me to praise God and enjoy the skies and stars and moon and sun. Even flat Kansas with acres of wheat and endless miles of Texas territory or North Dakota flatlands or Arizona dryness were part of God’s planning. And I’m grateful that my husband enjoys visiting new places too.

I know some of these mountains have existed for thousands and millions of years, they say. Kind of hard to believe, but I trust God could have managed it, one way or another.  

My joy and gratitude is sometimes forgotten in the midst of the daily do-all—fixing breakfast, lunch, supper, cleaning, washing clothes, folding them, writing, doctor visits, surgeries, helping my husband on his latest project, taking a treat to a friend who sometimes needs lifting up, settling down to watch a few TV programs. Sometimes going out for supper and driving to see the majestic mountains among us. We don’t have huge big peaks, but somehow majestic anyway!

What sends you over the moon with greatness, sweetness, happy times?

I know there are lots of downer days of course, but thanks be to God and our fellow humans and even the animals and vegetables and yummy fruits that help us all see majestic sweetness and hopefully share it with others!  

What sends you over the moon with beauty or joy?