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Song of Solomon 1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
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July 19, 2004
God's Eyes
By Elizabeth Sherrill
Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful. . . .
Visiting our grandsons school for the first time, I was startled to discover that his second-grade teacher had a disfiguring birthmark covering nearly half her face. A dark purple discoloration spread from her left ear across her cheek and lower lip to her jaw line.
Warm and welcoming, the woman herself had obviously come to terms long since with the burden of an unusual appearance. It was I who felt awkward, conscious of the effort neither to look away nor to stare. If it was hard for me as an adult, how, I wondered, did our seven-year-old grandchild handle it?
I found out when he got home from school that afternoon. "Your teacher seems like a very nice lady," I ventured.
The youngster nodded. "She doesnt look like other teachers," he said.
I nodded, waiting to hear how he would handle the situation.
"Yes," he went on, "even when were noisy, she has a smiley face."
It was said in a childs piping voice, but the message I heard was Gods. I dont look at your blemishes either, I heard Him say. I look at you with the eyes of love.
1 Samuel 16:7 ... Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.
Thank You Lord that You do not look at outward appearances, that You look deep into each of our hearts to see the beauty in each of us. Help each of us to look past outward appearances and see with Your eyes the beauty in others. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Song of Solomon 1:15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
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July 19, 2004
God's Eyes
By Elizabeth Sherrill
Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful. . . .
Visiting our grandsons school for the first time, I was startled to discover that his second-grade teacher had a disfiguring birthmark covering nearly half her face. A dark purple discoloration spread from her left ear across her cheek and lower lip to her jaw line.
Warm and welcoming, the woman herself had obviously come to terms long since with the burden of an unusual appearance. It was I who felt awkward, conscious of the effort neither to look away nor to stare. If it was hard for me as an adult, how, I wondered, did our seven-year-old grandchild handle it?
I found out when he got home from school that afternoon. "Your teacher seems like a very nice lady," I ventured.
The youngster nodded. "She doesnt look like other teachers," he said.
I nodded, waiting to hear how he would handle the situation.
"Yes," he went on, "even when were noisy, she has a smiley face."
It was said in a childs piping voice, but the message I heard was Gods. I dont look at your blemishes either, I heard Him say. I look at you with the eyes of love.
1 Samuel 16:7 ... Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.
Thank You Lord that You do not look at outward appearances, that You look deep into each of our hearts to see the beauty in each of us. Help each of us to look past outward appearances and see with Your eyes the beauty in others. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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