You’re Beautiful
About a month ago, my wife Lori and I traveled to Vancouver, Canada for the birth of our fifteenth grandchild, Josiah James.
As I held this newborn baby for the first time, I was struck by how good-looking this kid was. Seriously, he is a handsome child. Then I thought about our fourteen other grandchildren, and I had to admit all of them are extremely attractive kids. I mused about how fortunate we are, then it dawned on me: maybe I’m biased? Have I turned into the proverbial doting grandfather who thinks his grandkids are the best?
No, they really are gorgeous kids.
A few days later I was listening to the Bible’s book of Acts. In chapter seven, Stephen is preaching. He gives an amazing synopsis of the Old Testament. And when he got to the birth of Moses, Stephen said:
“At that time Moses was born—a beautiful child in God’s eyes. --Acts 7:20 (NLT)
Moses was a beautiful baby—in God’s eyes. So, what did he really look like?
Moses was born during a dangerous time.
Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.” –Exodus 1:22 (NIV)
Now a man of the tribe of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child… --Exodus 2:1-2 (NIV)
Moses’ mother thought he was fine. Fine as in handsome? Or fine as in just okay, tolerable, barely acceptable?
It doesn’t necessarily matter.
Here is my point: I believe God sees you as a beautiful person. You are beautiful –in God’s eyes.
You might think you’re fine, average, or even ugly. God and your mother think you’re good looking.
We may feel that our life, and maybe our ministry is not great. But you are a beautiful child in God’s eyes.
You might be tempted to throw your church or department or accomplishments right into the river. Doon’t worry. God’s got this. He thinks they are more than just fine. They are fine-looking.
You are beautiful in God’s eyes. And like Moses, he has got a beautiful life and destiny set up for you.
Let’s do our best to find coaches, mentor and leaders who have those grandfather hopes for us. And let’s do our best to have Grandfather-like eyes for the folks we are leading.
