94 | Rooted Moment — Beauty Is Not Optional
A short Rooted Moment companion to Episode 93, "The Slow Drip."
It rained most of this week, and most of my practical garden plans had to wait. But in a small window between the showers, I planted something that will never end up on the dinner table — a few Lantana and some succulents, tucked into the front yard garden. Just beauty.
In this Rooted Moment, we sit in Genesis 2:9 — where God's very first garden held trees "pleasant to the sight" AND "good for food" — and we remember that beauty was never God's afterthought. It was His design.
Beauty is not optional. Beauty is healing. Beauty is joyous. Beauty is protective. And on a slow, rain-soaked week, planting something beautiful was not the lesser act. It was enough for today.
This week's practice: plant, place, or simply notice one beautiful thing — on purpose, and without apology.
SCRIPTURE: Genesis 2:9
THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: Where have you been treating beauty as optional — and what would it look like to receive it as part of God's good design for you?
RESOURCES:
- Episode 93: The Slow Drip — For the Woman Whose Harvest Is Still Coming