Oh I’m super excited for you all to meet my friend Morgan. Morgan is a twentysomething totally on fire for the Lord. At the beginning of this year, I noticed Facebook status updates from  Morgan with pictures of God’s creation that she snapped from her phone. The heart and motivation towards worship of Jesus and His beauty is what strikes me about Morgan’s updates.

I decided to interview Morgan to get to the bottom of why she began this journey of daily worship via her smart phone. I think it will uplift and encourage you as much as it does me.

Sarah: What spurred you on to start taking these beautiful pictures in the morning of God’s creation?

Morgan:Towards the end of 2011 I was in a really dark place. I can look back today and recognize it was part of a lot of spiritual warfare. But I felt so lost and hopeless, which makes no sense because through Christ I have all the hope possible! My focus and perspective were so very far from God and I was exhausted from trying to fill His role with my own plan. I couldn’t “find” God, so I decided I would track Him down at the roots of where everything began: Creation. Instead of focusing on my own selfish desires, I wanted to give praise and worship to a Father that loves us SO stinking much that He literally surrounds us every second with the things we get used to seeing on a regular basis as we go about life. I wanted to be very intentional about spending time with God, so I made it a daily thing for a year that I would take a picture that I felt captured the way He was stirring my heart that day.

 

Sarah:  Is this a form of worship for you to take these pictures? If so, how?

Morgan: Very much so! More often than not, I’m stopped in my tracks and feel nothing but contentment in the very depths of my soul when I fully give my attention to God and the amazing sacrifice of his son, Jesus. That calm brings such clarity that I can’t help but worship Him!

Sarah: Do you go about your day now looking for other “sparkles” in God’s creation now that you are more aware?

Morgan:  I wouldn’t say that I go looking for them, as much as I’m just more aware. I’d love to say that there isn’t an ounce of bitterness or discontent in my heart from day to day as I have been renewing my walk with Christ. But I will be driving in the worst funk and see something that catches me so off guard that I’ll have tears running down my face and words of thanks on my lips. Placing my focus on Him has positioned my heart to receive the daily gifts He brings. I love to explore, so I try at least once a week to make that part of my time with God. In those instances, I sometimes am looking for God. But most of the time I’m just aware that He’s there and we’re out together having beautiful conversations that only come with my Savior.

So how about you? How does Morgan’s example of worship encourage you to find a special way to acknowledge God’s beauty around you and PRAISE HIM?

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