[Apple Pan Dowdy]

This is one of the most remarkable examples (a parable, if you will) of the kind of love that God has for us.

On first glance we saw a dowdy, plain woman (well “plain” just doesn’t do the image justice.... face it, the judges and the audience mocked her).

Then she began to sing. And we begin to see the image of her that God sees. The REAL her, the beautiful her. In her song, we saw into her soul and found something altogether different there. Suddenly her dowdyness was invisible. It was as if she had been covered over by something that now made her beautiful to look at.

Comparing this to our own lives. How does God view me? Well, no doubt He should be seeing the “warts”, the “ugly sins” ... and the truth is we all have them. But instead God sees me covered over by something else, something that hides the ugliness. Because when Jesus died on that cross, He paid the price for my ugliness and sins (it’s called atonement .... and it really happened). So now God sees me “singing” if you will. My “song” is the love of the Holy Spirit that rings as loud and clear and lovely as the song did from Susan Boyle.

We can all find our own “song” and sing it and amazing things can happen. If you need more instruction on this, just read your Bible.... it’s all there.

[Sudetenland]

Yours is the most profound and wonderful comment made here.

We have become a society which has been trained from birth to look at and evaluate the worth of people based on their exteriors. God looks at us as a parent and sees only beauty.

Sometimes He sends down one of His angels in an attempt to teach us that simple lesson. We are all Gods children and beautiful in his eyes...as Christ said, "for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." Need I add the beautiful and the "ugly?"

I think one reason we tear up is we see our on injustice in judging Susan Boyle by her outward appearance.

[Nevadan]

beautifully said!

[SE Mom]

Perfectly expressed.

I watched an interview with her and her answer to how all this attention made her feel was “humbled, very humbled”...

Susan reminds us that the little voices of doubt, the small tugs of conscience telling us there is more than we see in the world are, in fact, true.

[aruanan]

Then she began to sing. And we begin to see the image of her that God sees. The REAL her, the beautiful her. In her song, we saw into her soul and found something altogether different there. Suddenly her dowdyness was invisible. It was as if she had been covered over by something that now made her beautiful to look at.

The first thing I thought was "jeers to cheers in four seconds" then "...man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

[TXnMA]

Very nicely done!

[Ann Archy]

That was beautiful!

[TXnMA]

Quiet witness ping...

[nicksaunt]

I couldn’t agree with you more. Great post.

[Grandma Pam]

Bless you for that wonderful post. What a great illustration of God’s love for us.