Beauty in Ugliness

As we flip open our morning papers everyday, we are bombarded with many bad news and ugly news. In the last few months we have witnessed that : earthquakes in New Zealand, tsunamis in Japan, droughts in many parts of the world, famine is many African countries. Yes ugly weather, ugly moods, ugly situations, ugly behaviours, even ugly truths.

Uglyism lives! It appears when we least expect it. Instead of staying just below the surface, it's popping above the surface and hanging around. I'm sure even today, even with your eyes closed, you have seen ugliness. Without trying, you will be exposed to ugly comments, ugly injustices, ugly squabble, ugly arrogance, ugly attitudes, ugly confrontations, and a few ugly messes.

What do you do when faced with ugliness? I see 4 possible options.

1. You can run away from it; 
2. You can ignore it and go straight to Denial;
3. You can condemn the ugliness and talk about how bad it is and how sad it is and that this is the reality of life;
4. You become an agent of transformation.

Yes,let's strive to become an agent of transformation. You have a gift, maybe not as glamorous as you expect, but you have a gift. The God of transformation has given you eyes to see the unseen, to see beauty when all around you is pain and ugliness. You CAN see the good when it's covered in badness, the hope in hopelessness, the healing in pain. There is beauty in the middle of ugliness.

Now, the question: Do you choose to open the gift, or run with the ugly crowd?

For one week, just one week, try seeing the unseen.

Pray for eyes to see beyond the ugliness, to see hope and goodness and beauty. It's a gift from God. Believe it. Live it, for just one week and you will be transformed. Your mind will be renewed. You will become an agent of transformation.

Look for it! And may God bless you every step you take to be an agent of transformation.

"Pray for eyes to see beyond the ugliness!"