Love & Beauty
Simply Radiant Magazine
“Beauty has gone beyond the lip gloss and blush, the golden locks and cute outfits.”
By Sonia Rodriguez
As I walk along this journey of faith and beauty, I have begun to see beauty from a heavenly perspective. Beauty has gone beyond the lip gloss and blush, the golden locks and cute outfits. God began to show me beauty through His eyes. He began to give me a heavenly perspective. He unraveled the cloth from my eyes like a mummy being undone. I began to see beauty differently after each passing layer. I saw fields of flowers, wild horses, rivers of waters rushing down a mountainside, and moons and stars…It was marvelous! This beauty that God was revealing to me went layers deep and I was in awe of His creation. The unraveling was exciting as I saw beautiful images flash past me, what a rush!
We came to sudden stop and it was silent. I saw dirty, whimpering children. I said, “Father, this isn’t beauty at all. Why did we stop here?” I watched as a glorious warm light appeared and a young lady embraced the children and gave them water to drink. She brought the children in close and her gentle words pierced by heart violently, “I love you.” I knew at that moment, my wonderful Father was showing me that everything he created is beautiful, but the purest form of beauty is Love. The Bible says that God is Love (1 John 4:8); therefore, through our loving acts towards others, we are revealing God to the world.
“Love will look different for everyone.”
Beauty is the very act of loving others from an overflow of God’s love within you. As you accept who you are in Christ and accept His love for you, then you can love the way God has called you to love. Love will look different for everyone; God is calling you to love those He has put on your path.
We best represent the beauty of God through our faithful and loving acts. Take a moment right now to ask God to show you beauty from His eyes.
Pray: Heavenly Father, reveal to me beauty through your eyes. Remove anything in my life that is keeping me from fully receiving your love. I choose to receive every ounce of your love, so that my works may be a demonstration of your love to others. Allow me to do things from a place of love and not for love. I choose to receive your love fully so that I can do all things as an overflow of your love for me.