a true masterpiece

I watched the sun set tonight. it was astonashing. the colors blended together...perfectly. what i saw tonight could not have been painted in a picture, or written about..simply because there was not a single flaw in the piece of artwork in the sky..and every artist has flaws. the way the sun peaked through the clouds, very shy, very suttle. it was calming. the sun rays seemed to go on for miles, reaching the ground somewhere. that is where i long to be, where the sun rays meet the ground. such a peaceful place, where the beauty is so unique, one could not find the words to describe the land. in the sky i saw birds flying free, bound by nothing. flying in the gleaming streaks of light reflected off of the sun, flying delicatly, as if nothing in the world mattered to them, nothing other than the fact that they were free. they enjoyed being what God had created them to be. i find myself reflecting on this sunset, wondering why little things like this don't catch my attention very often. i seem to get caught up in daily life, in my own struggles, to even notice God's beauty. I think God paints the sunset like he does to show us that we too, are free indeed. God reigns and his beauty surrounds us, we just need to take the time to look around, dont look to hard though, or you will miss it.