ELEGANCE

We measure elegance by the artistry of self. The vases of identity carefully crafted to express our idea of ornate.

It is to say it with face and voice the image of mortal elegance that we see as luxuriant and worthy of impressing. That is so often our priority.

A way to feed the ego and offer some masterpiece that expressions who we think we are. Doesn't matter if it is true as long as we decide it is eloquent.

With God the eloquence is the beauty of our souls. Not the form He created for us to wear.

However, though the soul does shine through in what we do and don't do, it is still not as visible as what we possess. Those little slices of what we value that are the fruit of our labors.

How they may sparkle to some. Yet may never give joy. That is the aspect often missing when the word is applied.

I have seen the places of opulence on occasions. Those places of such ornate nature they truly do leave you dazed by their light.

Still once you finish looking at them, they can easily be forgotten. They can be quickly ignore.

And possessing them doesn't mean much in terms of joy either. Dwelling in affluence, but doing it alone can be very lonely and sad.

Not that a lack of such elegance is spiritual. Just that God seeks to help us see a more lasting decor.

The type that shines from Heaven. And says we are special in His eyes, but not because of what we look like.

That is the human assessment. And it will always defile what sis gold in the Lord's eyes. We will miss out on what is precious in the process.

I gaze at the gate of the Lord everyday. It is in the faces that are His eloquence placed before me to be loved and cherished.

How quickly that beauty can be shattered when left other than appreciated as intended. To do so requires the Spirit of the Lord.

And to see with God's view of elegance will always see it in the most remarkable places. A joy we might otherwise miss.