Naked Pastor Post on Beauty

June 19th, 2007

I’ve recently been reading a blog entitled “The Naked Pastor”. I just read this post he has written on beauty. I’ve copy and pasted a portion of his post here.

Let me put it this way: it is as though I came across an extraordinarily beautiful rose in the wilderness. My task is to appreciate, protect and praise its rare beauty. Along come the developers to suggest digging up this rose’s roots in order to plant a whole garden of them. I chase them off because this one rose is all that is needed. I will not kill it for a bigger idea. Along come the horticulturalist experts to tell me how to make it even bigger and more beautiful. I chase them off because they don’t appreciate the rose as it already is in all its splendor. I will not change this rose into another one. Along come the insecticide and herbicide specialists and gene-manipulators to tell me how to develop this rose into a stronger strain. I chase them off because they don’t realize that letting it be is its best protection. It is strong enough if left alone. Along come the reporters and spin-doctors to make deals on how to publish its praise in a more professional, profitable and marketable way. I chase them off because the rose reports its own beauty.

We should push ourselves in our everyday lives to experience more and sure things could be better but all too often we don’t see the beauty in what is right in front of us just the way God created it. The fact that a thing exists is a beautiful thing. The fact that a person exists is a beautiful thing. Why do we put such high expectations on our friends to be a certain way or do or not do certain things. Each person is beautiful just the way they are.

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