I saw her.
Susan Boyle, this frumpy, unemployed and ordinary 47 year-old on the television show of 'Britain's Got Talent'.
All the judges, and audience members with me oozed a cynical nature. Then Susan opened her mouth. Jaws dropped as beauty rushed out of the lungs of this woman giving her rendition of Les Miserbales. Even Simon Cowel, the sarcastic Brit, was literally enraptured with the beauty of this woman's voice.
It got me thinking of beauty disguised. How long was Susan overlooked because she failed the standard of beauty in this world? Did not her parents recognized it? Did not her classmates, teachers or neighbors see it?
Then it got me to thinking about beauty and bigotry. If it doesn't meet our standards then we simply write it off. Christians write off people who 'don't measure to their morality scale'. School boys write off girls who don't look like the pop star they see on television, and society writes off our elderly.
This world forgotten about true beauty and that beauty echoes pass time.
The beauty of bravery: the legend of the battle of Spartans who defended against the Persians. It was an ugly battle but the beauty of nobility echoes. You don't hear about stories of cowards, you hear about men who gave their lives for freedom.
The beauty of a wrinkly nun called Mother Teresa who embedded herself with the poor and ugly - serving and loving. When she died heads of states came out to honor her. You don't see heads of state come out to a model's funeral.
BEAUTY DISGUISED
Jesus was just as ordinary. The scriptures said he would have been easily overlooked because there wasn't any beautiful about him, but if you looked hard and have your eyes opened...what a discovery!
Jesus saw you as beauty disguised because he turns our ashes into beauty. He chases the 'Susan Boyles' of today - you and I - except you and I don't even have a voice to draw Him to us.