polluted

driving west into the sunrise this morning, i was in awe (and almost pain) with its enigmatic florescent crimson-orange glow as it crawled over the horizon slightly quicker than i managed to get myself out of bed. i remember long ago reading about how pollution often magnifies the vividness of the colors reflected from the sun as the light must travel longer distances the further the sun becomes from directly overhead.

i thought of how merciful it was that the Father can use pollution to ultimately magnify His beauty. that even at our ugliest, we can not disguise His awesomeness. we are never to far gone to be used.