Beauty

Today at our prayer meeting (which happens Wednesday Mornings at Echart Park @ 7 am come by) we discussed what is beauty. I am not going to try and retell all the things we spoke of this morning, more because it was early than anything else. What I do want to leave you with is my take on it. Beauty for the Christian is any of those moments those instances that remind us of the perfection of God. Something that reflects our creator. The one who has ultimately made all things beautiful. God is beauty. His creation shows that. Humans show that. Our ability to create shows that. And more than anything the cross. The ugly bloody mess that was the destruction of perfection. The hatred and taunts. The insults and vile spewed towards a carpenter's son. The whips, the punches, the thorns, the nails. It is in this scene. It is in this moment that true beauty is shown. The beautiful love of a God laying down His life for the world. The beautiful love of a sacrifice given to cover the sins of the world, even those people who don't accept it. The beautiful love of Jesus who in his weakest more vulnerable moment, asked God to forgive those who put him on that cross.
There is beauty to be found everywhere you look. And yes these is a certain degree or choice as to what is beautiful, but even that fact shows that we have a God. That we can all see different things, different moments and see beauty and reflect our relationship with God. Where do you see beauty? When was the last time you stopped to see the beauty of God around you? Or dwelt on the beauty of the cross?
As the church, as His bride, we are beautiful in the eyes of Christ. He is going to take His bride come the wedding day no matter what she looks like. Doesn't Jesus deserve a bride who is the most beautiful she can be?