Behold: Beauty

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

I dreamed of peace in the night.
She took me by the hand and we walked together in a beautiful garden of delights, picking apples left and right.
And God said, "It is good."

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I see beauty.
My God, it takes my breath away!
I must have died and gone to heaven.
I see beauty.
My God, it's everywhere I turn.
You have placed me in front of a perpetual kaleidoscope that dazzles my imagination.
I see beauty.
My God, I have no words to describe it.
If I take or paint a picture, even their thousands of words don't encompass the glory.
I see beauty.
Do other people see it, too?
I can hardly believe how blessed we are to live on Earth.
I see beauty.
Just look.
You'll see.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

"Why, Mary, of course I think you're beautiful!"

[Not in so many words - at least not in English - He never said it, I'm positive.]

D. Blog: A Haiku

The Goldfinch

A goldfinch would hide in the hemlock
beyond our deck,
without success.