The Beautiful One
Dave Branon Our Daily Bread Ministries https://odb.org/ All rights reserved-Published with permission The Beautiful One Bible in a Year : Psalms 54-56 Romans 3 He had no beauty or majesty . . . . By his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:2 , 5 Today's Scripture & Insight : Isaiah 53:1-6 For more than 130 years, the Eiffel Tower has stood majestically over the city of Paris, a symbol of architectural brilliance and beauty. The city proudly promotes the tower as a key element of its magnificence. As it was being built, however, many people thought little of it. Famous French writer Guy de Maupassant, for example, said it had “a ridiculous thin shape like a factory chimney.” He couldn’t see its beauty. Those of us who love Jesus and have entrusted our hearts to Him as our Savior count Him as beautiful for who He is and what He’s done for us. Yet the prophet Isaiah penned these words: “He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we shoul...