sweet sweden

This last weekend I went to Sweden with five friends. It was absoltely beautiful. The archetecture in Sweden was a close second to Spain for me. The colors were lovely. Because Stockholm is a town made up of tiny islands, I coudl stand on one island and see tall cathedrals and building standing atop the hill of another isle. Everything was really close together, which is like most of the European cities I have been to. I really get to enjoy God's beauty through architecture.

We went to the Stockholm Cathedral. I remember whispering to Zach, "this just doesn't get old." It's so true. You'd think I'd be over pretty cathedrals, but I just can't get over the beauty: the structure of the building, the paintings inside, the intricate detail, the minds behind it all. All of it takes me back to the Father. Even when we went to the Nobel Museums, I could not help but marvel at the artisitc train of thought all around me. I know these talents and isnpirations are divine.

Before coming to study abroad, I had a very narrown view of what constitutes as art. Now, I am learning to see it in almost everything. I don't know if that's theoretically correct, but it's the perspective I've come to take on since I have been here. I hope it doesn't change when I go back home. It is hard to think of the artistic beauty in Abilene Texas, but I know it is there. It is simply looking at things with a different perspective.