Beautiful Gospel

Published: Aug. 12, 2012, 10 a.m.

Occasionally, my older girls and I have a daddy-daughter date night. These times are always great times. Now, you must understand, I think Kaelyn and Anna are two of the most beautiful girls in the world. (They take after their mother...a fact for which we are all extremely grateful.) They are naturally beautiful. But, when we are on daddy-daughter-date-night, there is also a sense in which I make them beautiful. When I treat them like ladies, when I pour a father's love into them, when buy them that extra something special, I watch a transformation in their faces. Their natural beauty shines brighter because I, as the one who loves them, am making them beautiful. Anyone who sees us on daddy-daughter date night knows that this is true. I wonder if there is a way that followers of Christ can do that same thing with the Gospel? The good news of Jesus is a beautiful message. But is there a way that followers of Christ can make the natural beauty of the Gospel shine more brightly? As we live as Christians in a godless world, Paul tells all of us (through his letter to Titus) that we can have a hand in making the gospel look attractive.