Every human being was created in the image and likeness of God. God is Love and therefore, all loveliness. His creation - particularly each and every child is beautiful. Where sin has marred the beautiful image of creation, beauty still remains, because beauty is an eternal attribute. Looking deeper to find the beauty and intrinsic value of each child of God, is how beauty will save the world! Join me as I unpack this glorious message!
Every one of us is in the image of God and every one of us is like a damaged icon. But if we were given an icon damaged by time, damaged by circumstances, or desecrated by human hatred, we would treat it with reverence, with tenderness, with broken-heartedness. We would not pay attention primarily to the fact that it is damaged, but to the tragedy of its being damaged. We would concentrate on what is left of its beauty, and not on what is lost of its beauty. And this is what we must learn to do with regard to each person as an individual, but also – and this is not always as easy – with regard to groups of people, whether it be a parish or a denomination, or a nation. We must learn to look, and look until we have seen the underlying beauty of this group of people. Only then can we even begin to do something to call out all the beauty that is there. Listen to other people, and whenever you discern something which sounds true, which is a revelation of harmony and beauty, emphasize it and help it to flower. Strengthen it and encourage it to live. - Anthony Bloom, Orthodox theologian and bishop
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