The Eye of the Beholder

 

[Yahweh] has made everything beautiful in its time.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

It's nothing new to call attention to the beauty of nature, but what intrigues me today is thinking about the whole concept of beautiful and ugly.

How is it that I can look at a mountain and have my breath taken away and then look at an overflowing garbage can and shudder in revulsion? Where does that come from?

Or even more curiously, why are the faces of some people deemed attractive and others repulsive? Who do I think I am that I should be allowed to make that distinction?

Truth is...I'm pretty sure you see beauty in everything and everyone, Jesus.