“God has made everything beautiful in its time”
Ecclesiastes 3:11
As a child many of us probably remember hearing the story of the ugly duckling. How a homely little bird, born in a barnyard, was teased by all the other animals. The little bird didn’t look like what they expected. Much to its delight, as it grows up and matures it becomes a beautiful swan. What once seemed ugly has now become beautiful.
Today’s verse let’s us know God’s plan of beauty. His plan & purpose for everything is that it becomes beautiful. But we have to allow time for that to happen. Genesis 1:31 says that: “God looked over all He had made, and He saw that it was very good!” So, everything God made is very good but we don’t always see it that way at first glance. Sometimes things can look awful, ugly and a little bit homely.
The longer we stay in God’s Word & His Presence the more beautiful things become. Given enough time everything can mature. What may have looked awful & ugly has the potential to become beautiful. But if we don’t allow the time for it to grow & mature, we’ll never see the splendor it contains.
This week let’s work on finding the beauty that surrounds us. If we notice something that is not as lovely as we expect, lets give it a little more time to grow & mature. Stay in God’s Word, continue worshipping Him believing that everything will be beautiful in its time. As we do this we’ll see ugly transform into beauty. What seemed like impossible at first glance will be possible & beautiful in its time.
