lördag, december 23, 2006

Beauty and purpose

The first things the swedish austronaut Christer Fugelsang said to his boss on earth was that he was glad that he had been of use during his misson and the second thing was that when he was out working, when the lights came over northen europe he was so moved by the beauty of it.
That is the essence of faith, that´s deepest answer to the why? in our lives.
The earth is not the biggest planet, but´s the most beautiful, it´s chosen among thousands, it´s the theater of God. Dostojevskij said: Beauty will save the world.
Bethlehem is not the biggest city, but something beautiful took place there.
"But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times. "Micah 5:1-3