January 2002

BEAUTY

Beauty is a virtue that is many ways defined:
A gentle, pleasant spirit that seeks only to be kind.
A heart of pure humility that finds the best in others;
A warm, forgiving nature that sees all mankind as brothers.

Beauty is the Love of God in all its lustrous splendor;
Shining, shimmering Glory of a Grace so warm and tender.
Irradiant and glowing as the blazing noonday sun;
An Attribute so rare it is possessed by only One!

Beauty is His Name in Zechariah 11:7;
Yet earth became the vessel for this blessed Gift of Heaven
Who sacrificed His Comeliness that no one would desire Him,
And made Himself of no repute so no man would admire Him.

Beauty is a faultless Faith, a deep, abiding trust;
A solid, strong deterrent for all carnal-minded lust.
Transparent as a street of gold, devoid of all deceit;
Celestial City here with us, a wondrous Mercyseat;

Beauty knows no heights nor depths; no borders can contain it;
Evil- its antithesis- is powerless to constrain it.
Sown in sin’s corruption to partake of insurrection,
Raised to bear the Crown and claim the Throne of Resurrection!

Beauty is Eternal- no beginning and no ending!
Honor needing no support from flesh, and no defending.
Timeless Treasure far beyond all mortal estimation,
World of Wonder far beyond all vain imagination!

Beauty is the Perfect Goal, the Exquisite Ambition,
The Soul of Love, the Bride, the Spirit’s highest acquisition!
The Sacred House of Holiness where only Christ has trod,
The Essence and Magnificence of our Immortal God!

Beauty is the Seed of Life God sows in every heart
To reproduce His Christed Nature- Satan’s Counterpart.
The full fruition of that Seed exceeds all earthly gain;
That priceless Prize is far worth any price and any pain!

Amen.