BEAUTIFUL

What is beauty is never totally in agreement by anyone. We each have eyes that view the world by our own perceptions.

So naturally we will in beauty in a variety of ways that will touch according to our own needs. And by our own values.

The physical realm is obvious. But also able to be fake. We may know that outer beauty is not all that makes up beauty, but it doesn't kept us from still admiring or reacting to what on the surface is attractive.

It is sad when this dominates a church. I remember being in this one congregation where they clearly were bias towards certain age groups.

It didn't matter who you were or what God had gifted you to do, if you were not in the twenty to thirty age group, they didn't care about you. Oh they never said that it was their view, but you sure could feel it.

And it was truly regrettable because they prided themselves on being so spiritual and loving. But sure wasn't obvious by there behavior.

This wasn't the first place I encounter that kind of discrimination. No matter how you defined it, the eyes were dominating.

Which truly is a regrettable element of being human. Not one we can take pride in or celebrate.

God fortunately sees the heart. He can find gold in the most unlikely places. And calls whom He will.

Pity we can't always see that reality. Even with the help of God's spirit we just remain blind at times.

The Lord does open our eyes on occasion. Enough to see ourselves in others. And to appreciate how much we all need grace.

Then when the Lord works through us He can also make something beautiful in the process. That can be hard to always appreciate.

For our vision might not see the change. We can't always tell when the Lord has taken a weed and made it a rose.

In the process we end up being deprived of the joy from seeing spring blossom in a life. Forgetting what blesses.

Which is an ugliness that truly doesn't ever improve with time.