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THIS WEEK: Beauty
Arrested!
Being “arrested” in any sense of the word can be viewed as negative or positive.
When we see the red lights behind us for speeding or gliding through a stop sign too fast, we've been arrested in the sense of being awakened of a habit that may have been going unnoticed. The enforcement of the law simply reveals what’s already been there.
But being arrested can also be a stripping-off of a blindfold.
When something so stunning as sudden sunset saturates our senses, we have to stop for nothing is more significant at that moment than this spectacle.
What role does beauty play in our lives? Does it not stir our souls?
Is it not used as a countermeasure to the ugliness that is sometimes allowed to dominate our minds whether in a micro or macro state - ruminating on a slight or viewing the latest report of the latest war?
If we are not regularly being arrested, we may need to return our hearts to those things that moved us; sort of like those movies that use flashbacks to bring the protagonist back to where his or her heart was originally planted in this garden we call “life.”
Beauty shouts disrupts like those flashing lights in the rear-view mirror.
Except when you see that sudden sunset, you voluntarily pull over.
PORTAL TO HEAVEN: Beauty brings us back to our senses and to Our Father who crafted our five senses to get to know his beauty.
Whatever is lovely, think about such things…Return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and compassionate…“Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “that I may return to you,” says the Lord of hosts…He was transfigured before them. His clothes became shining, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them…And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of God!”…But this man has done nothing wrong…Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”
Philippians 4:8 NASB, Joel 2:13 NIV, Zechariah 1:3 NASB, Mark 9:2 NKJV, Mark 15:39 NIV Luke 23:41,42 NIV
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