God Loves Beauty

God loves beauty. I know that because he created so much of it. I love beautiful things too. Along with the beauty of nature, I love the art and music and dance inspired by the natural beauties. I love to look at beautiful objects and people and read the words of well-written literature. But God has a greater appreciation of beauty than I do. He sees beauty in what I might consider ugly. He sees beauty in the halting, incoherent prayer of a sinner. He sees beauty in old, worn-out wrinkled faces. He sees beauty in those who haven’t turned to him yet because he knows they will. God, help me to see!