Just Sayin’ #4 by George Knight
"Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”
“Beauty is the Eye of the Beholder” is true but it is only partially true because Beauty is not only in the Eye, it’s in the Ear and it’s in the Heart.
Now there are different kinds of Beauty. There is …
The Beauty that fades,
The Beauty that’s fake and then there’s…
The Beauty that endures; Timeless Beauty.
And it is this Timeless Beauty that exists independently of our sight, our senses and our reason.
Consider ‘The Beauty of Truth’ / Splendor Veritatis.
What is ‘The Beauty of Truth’?
Is Truth actually Beautiful?
Is it necessarily Beautiful? Or
Is Truth just some terrible ugly reality wherein all of Humanity is fated to suffer tragedy and live meaninglessly in a Universe that does not care.
The Beauty of Truth however is that:
There is an Almighty God who so loves the World that He gave us His Only Son to redeem and protect us from the ugliness that originates from the Prince of Lies and his evil minions. (cf. John 3:16)
There is a Blessed Life to come and that we can live today in the Joyous Hope for The Coming of God’s Kingdom and
We have only to open our eyes, our ears and our hearts to receive and accept God’s Great Invitation to come follow Him: He WHO IS ‘The Way, The Truth and The Life’. (cf. John 14:6)
The Beauty of Truth is that God fully revealed Himself to all of History through the Life, Death and Resurrection of His Only Son, the God-Man and Our Saviour, Jesus Christ
Sadly not everyone is willing to accept God’s Revelation and open their hearts to the Timeless Beauty of this Ultimate Truth. On the contrary there are many who actively seek to negate and mock it.
Ultimately, dear friends, if want we want to see Beauty and live in Truth we must will ourselves to see Beauty and choose to live in The Truth of Christ, The Word of God.
It is in this sense that Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder. In very large measure we see what we allow ourselves to see and God wants it that way.
We are placed here on earth and given free will to choose between accepting and rejecting God and His Gift of Eternal Life.
We need to choose wisely as our future happiness depends upon it.
Till next Tuesday, In friendship,
GK
