Eccl. 3:11a
“He has made everything beautiful in its time”
The saying "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder," goes to say that defining beauty can be tough. However, God's words can lead us to discover what our individual meaning of beauty truly is and should be; that is deterred from looking at a physical appearance for God looks at the heart in all people and things.
“He has made everything beautiful in its time”
The saying "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder," goes to say that defining beauty can be tough. However, God's words can lead us to discover what our individual meaning of beauty truly is and should be; that is deterred from looking at a physical appearance for God looks at the heart in all people and things.
Why would I care about an old Japanese philosophy? I am a Christian after all? It's because if you quit being religious and realize that God created everything, then you and I can see beauty in the basic, the broken and the mundane. The basic definition of "wabi-sabi" is the appreciation of flawed beauty. It was interestingly enough, I came upon this on my 44th Wedding Anniversary, because it is a way we can look at things. We can look at the crumbs on the counter and get upset, or the cup in the sink and get mad, because the other person in the house didn't just open up the dishwasher and insert cup; or we can look at the crumbs and the cup and be grateful that the other person is in our life. They are a gift. The second way of looking at that scenario is "wabi-sabi" beauty in the ugly. To look at the broken and still see beauty--is a gift, and that is what the Japanese refer to as "wabi-sabi." Here is a little video to help me explain. There is a better one on my Facebook page. Click here if you do not see the video below or open this in your Browser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbEEPPZ5tEA Here is another one I liked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1gxziZwmkc This one is very painful.
ACTION STEP: Check out my Facebook Page and watch the wabi-sabi video. Then, challenge yourself to see the beauty in the flawed. Look at those you love and find the beauty in everything. We don't have to all be a guru to learn things from other cultures and perhaps it will open a door for other cultures to want to learn what we know about the Kingdom and our Creator. Have a "wabi-sabi" kind of day, after all none of us is perfect.
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