Beauty is powerful.........
Today, -it might be among the most powerful things on earth.
It is dangerous.....
Because it matters.....!
Beauty speaks.
It is the beauty of the created order of a multitude of Things /Beings, which gives an answer to our questionings about God..!
(And we do have questions, don't we? )
Questions born out of our disappointments, our sufferings, our fears.......
I also found answers to a multitude of questions in the 'created beauty of the world'
I said to all these things:
"Tell me of my God who you are not, tell me something about him......
.......& with a great voice ( sometimes, -basked in/through Silence), they cried out:
"He made us" (Ps. 99:3).
My question was....... the attention I gave to them, & their response was ..... their Beauty.
Sometimes, especially with people, -I am more impressed when inner/ 'hidden' beauty, are 'outwardly' revealed in the most simple, though genuine acts of Grace........
What does beauty say to us?
Think of what it's like to be caught in traffic for more than an hour.
Noise blaring, people shouting obscenities.
Exhaust pouring in your windows, similar to problems suffocating our joy!
Then remember what it's like to come into a beautiful place, a garden or a meadow or a quiet beach:
There is room for your soul...
It expands........
You can breathe again......
You can rest.....
It is good.....
All is well......
Sit outside on a spring evening & just listen....... & behold.... & drink it all in....:
Let slowly your heart begins to quiet ..... & peace begins to come into your soul.
....& your heart will start to persuade you that "all will be well, -eventually"......
because God is STILL in Control,
-as Beauty abound, - is still profoundly declaring !
Shalom...& Maranatha
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