This week’s Illustration Friday topic, “Swamp” was a bit of a challenge for me, as I am not too fond of swamps:) It definitely wouldn’t be on my list of places to visit. Trying to find the beauty in a swamp was difficult, but somehow my mind made its way to the dragonfly. Some may not think they are much to look at but I find them beautiful. This made me think of the importance of looking for the beauty in the not so pleasant experiences in our lives…there is beauty that can come from these places…Isaiah 61:3 says “To provide for them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”
