The beauty

What do you find beautiful? The people you love? Your house? Nature? Think of all that this world claims to be 'beautiful.' Muscular physiques. Rail thin figures. Flawless skin. How did we, as humans, come to know what beauty really is? Did our parents tell us when we came out of the womb? I don't think so. Did the media do it to us? Possibly. Did our own minds conjure up the idea of how we perceive beauty? Of course! What if we all looked at beauty with innocent eyes? Tried to see something beautiful in everyone and everything? Look around, right now. What do you see? Pick out one thing and think of how you could perceive it as beautiful. It's all in our perspective.

Do you think that Christ had some image layed in His mind of what 'beautiful' really was? Do you think He looked at people and said, "she's overweight, he's too skinny, her hair isn't straight enough, his shoes are too old"? No. Of course He didn't. He sees all as beautiful. The ugly duck, the 3-legged dog, the grasshopper with no leg. The girl who wears the glasses, the boy whose pants are too short. All are perfect and gorgeous in His eyes.

Look at all of the smiles, bright eyes, and pep in people today. Find beauty in nature. The clouds, the rain, the hot (or cold) temperature. When people are rude and mean, see the beauty, kill them with kindness if you must. If that doesn't soften their hearts, pray for them. Pray that they may come to know true beauty. See people with eyes like Jesus has. This life is a beautiful one, full of beautiful people.