Gospel Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

What if this is really true?

My dog is a mutt with scraggly beige fur and a cowlick on her face. Her name is Buttercup. Butter for short.

We think she is a mix between a chihuahua and some kind of terrier. Unless she is well-groomed (which is rarely), folks are not enamored with her exceptional breeding qualities.

My son found her hiding under a car in our cul-de-sac after my youngest’s 8th birthday party in January 2012. It was cold and raining. Butter was wet and shivering.

I already had two dogs and didn’t want another. So, we tried to give her away. After two failed attempts at adoptive families, a family from Gainesville said “yes” and drove to our house to pick her up.

But when they pulled into our driveway, I looked at Butter and couldn’t do it. I loved that 10-pound ball of scraggly fur more than I could have imagined. In my eyes, she was the most adorable, most precious dog in the world.

Walking outside to greet the family who’d come for Butter, I apologized for the inconvenience when informing them I couldn’t give her away.

I suppose the adage is true. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

However, that isn’t just an adage. It is the message of the gospel.

Through the lens of my affection for Butter, she is beautiful. My son calls her “the beautifulest.” Others may not see her that way, but we do. Because beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

How can God look upon an unholy, morally corrupted human and see not the ugliness of sin but the beauty of holiness? How can His eyes see what we do not see?

Paul tells us:

To be justified is to be declared righteous before the Law. To be righteous is to be holy, pure, blameless, and morally perfect. To be righteous is to be beautiful in the eyes of God — as righteous as Jesus himself.

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