Beauty is...

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Recently i went on a roadtrip with mates from uni to Canberra for a national conference (NTE) with the christian uni groups of Australia(AFES). It was just over 15 hours to drive there so we had plenty of time to talk and hang out. This was an interesting trip for me as the group of people i went with were all different people and a few had very different personalities to me. After a few hours you realise the people that kind of irritate you a little are going to be with you the whole way. So very quickly i had to learn patience or i swear i wouldn't have survived.

One thing i found beautiful during the trip was the hay plains and just the beautiful outback and hills that God had created. When we were travelling was a quite hot day. It was about 30degrees celsius but felt much hotter in the non air conditioned car. But I loved seeing the beams of sunlight beam through the clouds and onto the plains.



It was beautiful to drive along and just sing songs of worship to God and read our bible to each other. I saw beauty in the faithfulness of some of the people i was traveling with. We would be talking about life or study or the past and they would just start praying for you in that exact moment. we would drive past a crashed up deserted car and we would pray, for the people that were once in the car, the people that responsed to the situation and the town we were entering and exiting.

Beauty is... A hope that never fades
Beauty is... seen through Gods creation
Beauty is... lessons learnt through others
Beauty is... Faithfulness
Beauty is... Friendship

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