Beauty

I was reminded today that beauty surrounds us—and not just in what we behold! We were created to perceive beauty with all our senses–the pleasures that we experience, the music that we hear, the art that we create. Beauty may lie in a concept or an action– a Mother’s love, service to God and our neighbor, or in the emotions found in respectful relationships.

Beauty may reside in a name which is lovely to speak or which we cherish for personal or ancestral reasons. Our Church Fellowship recently sang a relatively new song which speaks of the wonderful, of the powerful, of the beautiful name of Jesus.

But there is also beauty in words-a poem, a wise word, or words that uplift and encourage and empower us. There is an old hymn, the first one I learned to play on the piano as a kid, that speaks of the wonderful words of the Gospel.. “Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life…”