This saying has been tossed around through out time. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." Some people say beauty is a something we all seek. For some they say it is natural and for others they have to work at it or create it. Our culture today is obsessed with the idea of Beautiful, our women are degraded into the belief of being beautiful. Men have found that throwing out the word beautiful is easy and meaningless. Most people today when they are told they are beautiful they disagree or don't put much value in the others comment because they don't believe it themselves.
What is it really to be beautiful though, or to really tell someone they are beautiful and mean it. We see beauty in many things. Looking at a newly bloomed rose, it's orange tint, with fresh morning dew, and rays of light gleaming through its soft skin. Wow, isn't that beautiful. Waking up early, heading to the highpoint of the city, sitting through the morning chill to slowly feel the warmth of the sun as it peaks over the Ohio river. Beauty is only to be seen. Staring into the darkness of the eyes of someone you trust making a connection that can only be felt by the two of you. That is natural beauty. Beauty can be found in much more than just the physical characteristics of another.
For me, seeing someone as beautiful is recognizing the uniqueness that God has blessed them with. Seeing the beauty of nature is seeing the glory of God revealed through his creation. I can't just look at someone say yeah they are beautiful. Me telling someone they are beautiful is almost as serious and contemplated as when I tell someone that I love them. However, once I see the beauty I can't resist acknowledging it. I can't resist telling that person they are beautiful , or that this flower is beautiful. It is a great victory to realize beauty as God created in your life. Why keep that within, share it.
What is hard for me, is realizing the beauty that I have within me. I believe that God has given me a uniqueness, a beautiful thing, but I don't know what that is. I don't believe I've ever had someone tell me I was beautiful or if they did, I like every other person blew it off because I can't believe that I'm beautiful. I pray that one day I'll have someone in my life that will tell me that I'm beautiful and when I say whatever or yeah right, they look me straight in the eye and clearly say "No, You are beautiful and this is why..."
Who knows maybe I'm looking too deep into the idea of beauty, maybe I'm reaching for something that isn't there. All I know is that in my life I have been blessed to see beauty, to see real beauty. Not just the beauty that our society depicts, but what I believe to be real beauty given by God to someone else. Even if I never get to experience it again I will never forget the beauty that I have experienced.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD,
this is what I seek:
that I may dwell in the house of the LORD
all the days of my life,
to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD
and to seek him in his temple.
The king is enthralled by your beauty;
honor him, for he is your lord.
