Purposefully Beautiful

I've been thinking  whole lot about beauty recently. I don't mean physical beauty specifically, although that is included, but I mean that I've been thinking about beauty in general. We have such a longing for it and what is its use? We all know that it must have one and yet it is so hard to pinpoint. I wrote a letter to God about this recently:

         

God,

Beauty holds such power. We want to capture or embody beauty because of how powerful you have made it. We want to wrap ourselves up inside it, taste it, savor it, and never let go of it. God, You are the source of this, the source and the fulfillment of the longing for the beautiful. God, how beautiful, how marvelous is it that you create in us longing and desire and then you come and offer us fulfillment for it? God that is great!... You could have left us a blank page. Instead You make us thirsty for color and vibrancy and offer to paint on the canvas that You have given us. You make us thirst so that You can give us sweet water... God you have made life a gift... God you have given us longings so that You can fulfill them. You have created voids so that we can understand the satisfaction of having them filled. God, You have given us beauty to show us that we have life.

And really, I think that that is it. Beauty tells us that we are alive; ultimately we come to understand that the Author of this life is good through it. 

~Lindsay