Beauty

"Beauty is not caused. It is." Emily Dickinson

So many people think beauty is what we do to ourselves: makeup, clothes, hairstyles, or jewelry. It is so easy to get caught up in conditions. Reality is not about what we do but who we are. The beauty God created comes from within: the twinkle in someone's eyes that says "Hello," the hug that says "I love you," the gentle embrace and smile that say "I forgive you," or the tear that cries "I understand." When God said to the world, "It is good, and very good," beauty was born. Drugs, alcohol, or crazy relationships only get in the way of my being what I was intended to be-beautiful for God.

Today I seek to put Your beauty in my actions,words, and attitudes.