“God created the Heavens and Earth – all you see, all you don’t see.”*
On a Tuesday afternoon in 1981 in a small town, at spring time, I was born. My home was not perfect but the name of God always carried solid weight.
I gave my heart to Jesus in primary school and after high school I did a gap year centered around the Christian faith. My faith has, for most of my life, been important and for the last few years even more so.
One of my biggest interests has been beauty. Women’s beauty in specific but really all beauty. I am a trained make-up artist and a wardrobe consultant. I really enjoy teaching women how to find their own beauty because I believe that feeling good about yourself helps you to do the things you love better.
I have never seen myself as a blogger or even a writer. I have a list of people in my head that to me are amazing writers. But here I am, writing. Have I mentioned that English is my second language? Born Afrikaans over here.
What I am trying to do through writing this, is attempting to put down on paper the beauty of my faith. I am not a theologian, I am not a pastor or a spiritual counsellor. I have no interest in endless debates about Christianity. I believe in God and in the Bible and my writings reflect my discoveries of beauty as a Christian and through my own experience.
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”**
For me, the only untainted beholder of beauty is God. He is the greatest artist the universe has ever had and will ever have.
Think of every single time beauty has taken your breath away and overwhelmed your heart. Do you feel that beauty, now picture Him creating it...
the broad strokes of colour
the touches of detail
He goes deep
He goes high
He goes wide
He breathes life
and
they run
He breathes life
and
they fly
He breathes life
and
they swim
seeds sprouting everywhere
He moves with the water until the colour of it is a perfect mix of joy and depth. Nothing, nothing is left untouched by His hands. He shapes and forms until it is flawless.
He is not just the beholder of beauty, He is the Creator of all beauty. There is no true beauty apart from Him. Beauty without Him doesn't grow, it doesn’t flourish, it doesn’t attain magnificence. Without Him beauty only exists for a brief moment; fleeting, like a shooting star, burning to ashes.
Now know this:
He pictured you
He saw you
He dreamed of you
and
then He created you
this time He goes even
deeper
higher
wider
and
to you He gives
his very own image
He is the Creator of that sunset that takes your breath away, that mountain that you climbed and conquered, those waves of the ocean that quieten your heart. That smile of a loved one that makes your eyes lit up.
He understands better than anyone how the heart aches at the sight of the splendid. And it is only in giving over our lives to Him that we get to behold the pure beauty He intended for us and of us. Seek Him.
My Prayer
Jesus, show us how to give our lives to You, every part, every corner, all our thoughts, all our joys, and all our fears. May we know that You are the true Beholder of all things us.
Amen
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