God sees the beauty in us

11/7/2021

When we look at ourselves and those around us, do we see what God sees? Most of the time, we do not. We see others on the outward with all the scars they have, the “mud” that has been slung on them by others and shaded by our own perceptions.

I am glad that God looks on us differently. He sees our potential, not the “mud” that other people throw at us. Then when we ask Christ Jesus into our lives, all God sees is the perfection and beauty of Jesus.

Last week I was in Galveston and my daughter-in-law had asked for us to walk on the beach and bring her seashells. She needed more shells so that she could make more crosses to give away. Thankfully there were very few people on the beach so I could walk with my head down, and I started finding shells right away.

There were shells that had been stepped on and shattered, the sand around them was all that kept them in the shape of what they used to be. So many times, we go through trials and tests that shatters us and all that holds us in God and His love for us, our faith in Him.

There were shells that were not whole or broken, however they had holes in them. I thought, here are shells of animals that have fought battles. They had such rough exteriors at the same time they had beauty for those imperfections made them unique. Just as our experiences make us different from those around us.

There were a lot of shells that only half was there, some were in good shape, some had pieces broken off, some were so small, and some were nice size. However, only once did I find a shell that had both pieces attached.

Remember, there were shells all over the beach and after walking for an hour I had picked up maybe about three to four cups of shells. I gave them to my daughter-in-law, and she will turn them into works of art.

This is what God wants us to do as Christians. We are to walk in this world pick up the lost and bringing them to Jesus so that He can make them into beautiful gifts for God. How can Jesus turn lives around where He can take them and present them to God on the judgment day, if we do not lead them to Christ?

Jesus can take us in our battered, beaten, broken and worn-out shape and by accepting Him as our personal Savior and following His Word as it is written in the Bible, then turn us into someone that can stand before God on Judgement Day and hear God say, “Welcome home, my child.”

Lord Jesus, I thank you for taking the life we bring you no matter the shape we are in and turning us around and leading us home to Heaven. I ask that You touch the lives of all who read this. Amen.

C.I. Wilson