I was reflecting on God's beauty seen throughout creation. As I thanked Him, I felt Him say, "I see beauty in you." It really set me back for a moment. How often we notice the beauty around us, but we fail to see it in God's most cherished creation, US! He sees beauty in us!
As magnificent as the wonders of the world are - the crashing waves of the ocean, the mountains and all it's splendor, the vastness of the universe - WE are what Christ came and shed His blood for.
Look at your children. Look at your spouse or significant other. Look at your neighbor, a homeless person, the rich, the poor, the beautiful, the rejected - all of us are the same. Our status according to the world's eyes may be different, but to God we were all made in His image. Because of the hands of the Almighty that intricately formed us, to Him - we are beauty defined. He cherishes and adores us. Out of that love, Christ laid down His life in order to make a way to eternally fellowship with us. He didn't do it for the things in this world - He did it for us, humankind.
May we see others the way He does. Beauty. A soul He longs to have for eternity. A person made in His image who has a purpose. As frustrating as people can be, let's look a little deeper to what God sees. Let's encourage one another to grow and to become all that we were meant to be. Let's walk in love and treat others how He has commanded us. He's entrusted us to to be His voice, His hands, His feet. May we see every opportunity as a chance to share the saving message of Jesus.
I often call my children "my beauties." May our words and lifestyle play a part in bringing forth God's longed for desire - for all of His beauties to return to Him.
(Genesis 1:26-28, 2 Peter 3:9, Romans 5:8, Psalm 139:15)
"When I look at the night sky and see the work of Your fingers - the moon and the stars You set in place -what are mere mortals that You should think about them, human beings that You should care for them? Yet You made them only a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor. You gave them charge of everything You made, putting all things under their authority—the flocks and the herds and all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea, and everything that swims the ocean currents. O Lord, our Lord, Your majestic name fills the earth!" (Psalm 8:3-9)
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