Becca.
OK, maybe that is not exactly what I am talking about, but she does seem to pretty much sum up the word. Actually, what I have been thinking about is beauty in the aspect of being an attribute of God. First of all I think it is, but it is an interesting one. Most the attributes that are attributed to God (like how that works) are things that we commonly think of- love, goodness, just, righteous, etc, etc, etc. These are all wonderful things, but what to they look like? We can see the effects of them in how we live our lives, but they are a lot like the wind and as such are great ways of explaining God because we can't really see Him either, but we can see and touch the effects of Him. So what about beauty? Beauty is something that is usually defined as something that is seen, so how does God demonstrate His attribute of beauty?
He does it through us. He does it through His church.
I believe beauty is one of the most communicable attributes of God, because He has chosen to use His creation as the outlet of this piece of who He is. Just in case you don't believe me here are some really great scriptures that I have been mulling about in my head concerning beauty:
I have asked one thing from the LORD;Think about it, what does the psalmist mean when he is saying that in the house of the Lord he can gaze on God's beauty?
it is what I desire:
to dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
gazing on the beauty of the LORD
and seeking Him in His temple.
Psalm 27:7
From Zion, the perfection of beauty,The "perfection of beauty." For some reason God has chosen to use us, Zion, His church as the culmination of all that is beautiful. What I think that means for us now is that God desires that the things that are being created and coming forth from the church are not regurgitated leftovers of what has already been created. His desire is to show forth true beauty, both in form and action, in a way that has not been seen on the earth before.
God appears in radiance.
Psalm 50:2
0 comments:
Post a Comment