Something Beautiful

Earlier this week, Lisa and I attended a concert at Centerville High School sponsored by the Miami Valley Concert Association. At the concert we saw many Epiphany members there. and I came to find that many of the board members of the association are Epiphany members! The event began with two songs by the school's a cappella group, Forte'.  The group has won many awards and accolades over the years for their sound and blend. It was great to see several kids from Epiphany in the group, as well as others who were in our summer musical this year. We love a cappella groups, and we were not disappointed.

Next on the program was the group Tonic Sol Fa. The four man a cappella group from Minnesota has been together since 2000, and they provided a great evening of music and conversation. I want to share with you a couple of their songs in this week's blog.  The first is entitled, "Grace." With a title like that, any good Lutheran pastor is bound to love it!

The song that I enjoyed the most from the concert was "Something Beautiful." Here are the lyrics:

She’ll find a treasure in a thrift store

Something someone else threw out

And she’ll take it back home with her

And work a miracle somehow

What was junk then becomes

Something Beautiful

I felt like Jesus wouldn’t want me

That’s how lost I thought I was

When forgiveness seemed beyond me

So unworthy of love

But even in me she’s finding

Something Beautiful

She takes the lost and the broken

She finds a way to make them shine

I don’t know how she does it

But she does it every time

She says the difference

Between what we see and what might be

Is such a fine line

Oh there’s nothing that can’t be

Something Beautiful

So unworthy of love

But even in me she’s finding

Something Beautiful

She says the difference

Between what we see and what might be

Is such a fine line

To her there’s nothing that can’t be

Something Beautiful

Oh there’s nothing that can’t be

Something Beautiful

Here is the video

The good news is that God finds in you and in me something beautiful. Out of great love for you and for me, Jesus died and rose again so that we might be, in God's eyes, beautiful. Forgiven. Worthy. Made whole.

I believe we are called do the same - to look at our neighbors, our friends, our loved ones, and even those it may be difficult to love, and see in them something beautiful.

Peace,
Pastor Charlie