Sunday 29 January 2017

The beauty of the Lord

And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands. – Psalmist 90.17

One of the most amazing things to see and experience is to see the work that God does when His beauty overcomes the impact of a broken world.

This world is capable of doing great damage to lives of people all over. The effects sin of mankind is terrible. Sin takes its toll on the world and it takes its toll on the people who live there. Sin wrecks lives and leaves people in its terrible wake. Families are torn apart by the ugliness and ravages of sin.

But there is something that changes all that. The beauty of the Lord will overcome all the evil and wickedness and ugliness of sin. When the beauty of the Lord comes upon a broken life everything changes. Weeping turns to joy. Sadness turns to gladness. And ugliness turns to beauty.

The beauty of the Lord changes us on the inside and even on the outside. No wonder there is joy in the presence of angels when one sinner comes to repentance and the beauty of the Lord replaces the ugliness of sin.

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