A splash of color …

Whether it was among the begging children in the streets of Manila, the destitute peddlers of Jamaica, merchants in Mexico, inhabitants of a remote village in Fiji, or traditional Hawaiian dancers, there’s something among the world’s poor I found in common: a great like of bright colors.

When daily life is difficult, and basic needs for living sparse, people often look for a splash of color to brighten their base existence.

They don’t yearn for the latest electronic gadget, or a bigger TV. Just a little color. Something beautiful to brighten the gray of their lives. Life changes momentarily when they don their brilliantly colored outfits and gather for a time of sharing food, music, dancing, and festival with family and friends.

A moment of beauty amid life’s struggles.

There’s another beauty the soul longs for, and it does more for our lives than any colorful cloth could ever offer:
“One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple,” Psalm 27:4.

Scotty