Art of God

I ran across a friends blog that brought up the perception of beauty. Anyone is has discussed this with me knows I think a little different about this than most people. In my youth I bought into the idea that the outside defines beauty. Though quickly I realised that some pretty people acted ugly. I couldn't see them in the same light anymore. They looked ugly to me. Thinking about this I realised it was meant to be this way. That beauty really wasn't defined by the outside but by the whole. That even the people that I had learned as a child were unattractive in relationship could be more beautiful than the the most famous supermodel. I thought about this as Jesus eyes. He never seemed to waste time on appearance, he looked at people's hearts.

Since this time I also realised that our differences are like a painting's. We are this interesting and beautiful mixture of of God's art. There are even those special enough to be very different. You know We can see the beauty in the abstract when it comes to art and even impressionism. I think one of our greatest losses in world culture is our inability to see God's handiwork in the faces, bodies, and skin of the people around us.

Big is beautiful
Skinny is beautiful
Short and Tall is beautiful
Different is beautiful

Most importantly the most important thing that determines beauty is the spirit. Have you looked beautiful today.