Have you ever stopped to realize that when mankind becomes aware or conscious of something or someone having beauty, it is usually based only on a physical attraction or the functionality of the object. Not so with God. The Holy Scriptures revel that God determines a person’s beauty by their character traits and personality: In other words; the good, the bad and the ugly.

Notwithstanding, the more a person is basing their observations on WWJD (what would Jesus do), the more ‘beauty‘ shines thru to God and to the world. Because the attributes of God(*) are what makes God beautiful! Therefore, the more we know about our own personalities and character, the better decisions and choices we will make as we fine tune our actions to reflect God’s Son as His ambassadors.

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There is actually a Bible verse that talks about the beauty of the Lord. It is found in Isaiah 33:17 and it says: “Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty; they will see a land that stretches afar.

For your information, the “king” is God. He resides in His “beauty”, aka His attributes. That land that stretches afar is Heaven. And I, yours truly, the author of this blog, am a witness that every time I sit down at my computer to write my WordPress Friday blog, the “beauty” of the Lord comes miraculously through my humble home and allows His Holy Spirit to bless me with His “beauty”. I pray a simple prayer and ask Him for His guidance and what is my subject matter for this week’s blog.

This week the Holy Spirit responded by reminding me of a small hand made bean bag that hangs on a door knob in my home with the inscription, “Let the Beauty of the Lord be upon us.” And sure enough, my fingers began to type the blog that is before you.

I have learned to rethink what I previously imaged about what things are beautiful and what things are lovely. I began to realize that my thoughts were tainted and most of what I thought denoted beauty was borne out of ‘lust’ of the eyes and not out of visions of WWJD. I whispered a quick atoning prayer and asked God to order my steps, renew my mind and truly cause me to walk closer and to think more like Him.

God’s thoughts on beauty are all about Him and His beautiful attributes and should NOT be about me.

Scripture Lesson: “Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; bring an offering, and come before him; worship the Lord in the beauty of Holiness.” 1 Chronicles 16:29

(*) Note: Attributes of God: His love, holiness power, eternal, infinite, unchangeable being, full of goodness and truth…just to Name a few.

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