it is what the French call
"d'un beau affreux"
or what the Germans refer to as
hübsch-hässlich
the ugly-beautiful
Paul Gauguin was known for saying
"le laid peut être beau"
or, "the ugly can be beautiful"
i read these things yesterday, in the book One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp.
It is good, so good, and so rich. i read it slow to savor. to let it sink in.
when i read it, i jotted it down, this concept of the ugly-beautiful and scribbled below it:
child birth
the resetting of a broken bone
the cross
the ugly-beautiful
my list goes on
how much of life is just that - ugly yet beautiful
the refiner's fire
"for you, o God, have tested us
you have tried us as silver is tried
we went through the fire and through water
yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance."
(psalm 66:10-12)
ugly sinners saved by beautiful grace
then i saw this video and the tears welled up.
i can only pray that i will allow the ugly in my life, the ugly that has crept into this world, to become as beautiful as they have.
This was grace - short film from Andrew Laparra on Vimeo.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
the ugly-beautiful
Posted by jess at Thursday, August 25, 2011
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2 comments:
"tears well up"??? Try totally sobbing! Wow. Hope you don't mind if I post on FB.
I am posting this also! Amazing!
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