"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"
This is a saying that has been around for centuries. Have you ever considered the meaning of this saying? It must mean that there is no decision of whether something is beautiful or ugly but rather beauty is a matter of preference or opinion.
Each of us have a longing for beauty. Think of the things that draw your eye ... the beauty of a green valley, or the beautiful scene that a mountaintop overlooks. Even a marble statute or a perfect golf swing can appear beautiful to us. How about the perfectly orchestrated music piece or a perfect, luscious ripe strawberry. Seeing and experiencing such beauty around us can add so much joy to our lives.
I have never been so awestruck at the beauty of an artist as I was when I visited Rome and Paris with my husband a few years ago. Walking thru the Sistine Chapel and gazing upon the beauty of Michelangelo's hand was simply breathtaking to me. A great painting is beautiful not because of an isolated color or texture but because great artists such as Michelangelo combined many elements together to perfect his creation of beauty.
This could also be said about God. God Himself is ultimate beauty. What makes God beautiful is not just His attributes but how each one of those attributes bring perfect harmony and balance and completeness.
Whenever I am able to get a glimpse of how great my God is, it literally takes my breath away. It is His true beauty that I long to fall down to worship. I am so thankful for the beauty in His creation but nothing compares to the beauty of the Creator!
1 PETER 3:4 "You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God."
WHAT IS IT ABOUT GOD'S CREATION THAT CAUSES YOU TO MARVEL? Please share your grateful heart with us here on Thankful Thursday. You can link up your post by clicking on mr linky below and adding your name and post. I look forward to hearing what good things God has done for you this week!
~looking for the schedule for TT hosts? Please check out the sidebar of my blog for future Thankful Thursdays! ~
hi Laurie, I haven't taken part in thankful thursdays for a while. Back now, saying hi :-)
ReplyDeleteAmy
(my tudorhouse)
God is great! :D i marvel at how the planets and the stars dont collide ... God is indeed great!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome post! The art in Europe is simply breath taking in the chapels/churches and the castles and residences. It's amazing how they used natural items such as fruits to paint the ceilings etc.
ReplyDeleteBut God's beauty outshines everything. It's because of Him that all the beauty here transpires.
Thanks for hosting again this month... Blessings to you..
ReplyDeletei'm in awe of His creations. no one can ever say that there is no God because He is so alive in each of His masterpieces.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you, laurie.
Hi laurie!
ReplyDeleteIt is the beauty of the Lord that amazes me :)
Happy thankful thursday!
Bless you dear.
ReplyDeleteFabulous post!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous post.
ReplyDeleteSo easy to enjoy the beauty of our Lord if we only look with wide eyes .
Have a very blessed Thursday!
How funny! We're on vacation so I pre posted my post. .. but it's sort of on your topic anyway! :)
ReplyDeleteOh, how beautiful!!! I hope to someday see this myself!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting! We're having lots of beauty conversations with my five year old girl right now. I'm also totally marveling at the fruit being produced from our postage stamp of a a yard!
ReplyDeleteThankful for today! Here's the link of my TT post.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bogieswonderland.com/2009/06/true-beauty.html
I love to take in all the beauty God has given us to enjoy daily. The sun, stars, flowers,etc. What an awesome God we serve.
ReplyDeleteGod's creation is certainly something to be thankful for.
ReplyDeleteIsn't God good? Have a great Thursday!
ReplyDeleteHi Laurie,
ReplyDeleteExcellent... excellent post.. Thank you for hosting and what a great idea to put the schedule in the sidebar. I think I will copy....
God bless you my friend. BIG hugs on this TT.
Laurie, I've also visited Rome and Paris and totally enjoyed the beauty of art. The Louvre has so many fantastic pieces and I was amazed. The Sistene Chapel was awesome. I am amazed at how the Lord can use man and give them such talent. And I am continually amazed at the beauty of God's creation. I enjoyed this theme for thankful Thursday and appreciate your hosting this week.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post, Laurie. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteDuh, Blogger ate my comment! LOL
ReplyDeleteThis is a great theme Laurie...I also think the same, beauty not only on the eye of the beholder...but also we should be also to see it from anyone...anywhere...anytime and appreciate it! As we are all beautiful in His eyes!
Beautiful! Isn't it amazing how individuals see beauty in different details? It's so much more holisitc that way - then the beauty of God's creation is fully revealed!
ReplyDeleteTrue beauty - defintely something to ponder about.
ReplyDeleteI believe the truest beauty can only come from the love of our Father into our hearts to love the unlovable! That is true beauty!
The work of His hands in us and through us.
Truth is beauty. His love is beauty!
Jesus is The Way, The Truth and The Life! AMEN! and AMEN!
Blessings,
Jill
Thanks for hosting! Great topic.
ReplyDeleteI have been thinking on the concept of inward beauty a lot this week as I help out with a Princess camp at our church where little girls learn they are true princesses because they are daughters of the King (God). We have been teaching them all week that even without a pretty dress or fancy hair, they are beautiful and loved by God!
ReplyDeletei am happy to have wandered here :)
ReplyDeleteI marvel at sunsets and puppies
ReplyDelete:-) Random but me LOL
Thank you for hosting this month, Laurie!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog and for your kind comments!
ReplyDeleteI love looking at God's creation in nature. The huge mountains, the clouds hanging with sun beams bursting through, the ocean -- so vast yet contained. I love to hear the birds sing and children giggle.
ReplyDeleteSurely, God is worthy of our praise. I marvel at his mercy and grace that is new every morning.
Bless you Laurie!
Beth