I need to see your beauty. I need to remember that you are beautiful in sovereignty, beautiful and wisdom, beautiful in power, beautiful and mercy, beautiful and faithfulness, beautiful in love, beautiful and patience, beautiful in holiness, beautiful injustice, and beautiful and grace. It is only when I look at the trials of my life, the things unwanted, the things unplanned, the things unexpected, the things that are hard, through the lens of your stunning beauty that I see them with accuracy and clarity. But I also need to remember that Grace has connected me to the beauty that is you. By grace all that you are, you are for me set a fight my divine beauty amnesia, tomorrow once again in the quiet of early morning, I will stop and gaze upon your beauty, and I will rest, remember, where ship, and celebrate, knowing that glorious grace has connected me to the stunning beauty that is and forever will be you.
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Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. (Phil. 4:8)
Consider your personal trials for the lens of God's stunning beauty.
What are some habits you can develop to help you remember that you were connected to God‘s beauty through his grace?
For further study and encouragement, read Colossians 3:1-17.
