"May your life reflect beauty
as you pass through
its moments of messiness"
It's simplicity touches me
perhaps because it is what I long for
It's Psalm 27:4
[David's {and my} prayer]
One thing I desire
this shall I seek
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
all the days of my life
to behold the beauty of the Lord
and Psalm 29:2
Worship the Lord
in the beauty of holiness
...and goes along with the Frederick Buechner quote
that was revealed to me the other day thru
Sandra Heska King's blog
"The place God calls us to
is the place where our deep gladness
and the world's deep hunger meet"
Something about
holiness being beautiful
and our call to be holy being our purpose
and fulfilling our purpose glorifying God
that they may see the good that we do
and give glory to God
Matthew 5:16
Is there a 'world hunger' for beauty?
does it fit somewhere on Maslow's hierarchy of human need?
perhaps not
but there is a need for order
calm
peace
solace
healing
comfort
and somehow beauty provides that soothing we need
that rest
that place
that holy place
that only God can fill
4 comments:
This is simply beautiful ... thank you for passing along the blessing as seen through your eyes. I am touched.
I think beauty is in the hierarchy of needs. We do it simply, with images on our walls, plants in our gardens, even the fabric which covers our bodies. I think that men have traditionally done the writing (like Maslow)so it is not recognized as beauty rather than clothing or beauty rather than foods from the plants.
Gloria
"Tell them, dear that if eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is it's own excuse for being." The Rhodora, Ralph Waldo Emerson
the loveliest blog posting!
THANK YOU !
steve bell has a song in keeping with this ~ why do we hunger for beauty?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on6n6btCAms
in case you're into beauty in music too :)
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