Beautiful

In my quest for photos for this blog and other things I'm working on I often do a google search for a specific word and look for images that match it.  What is fascinating is that when you "Google" the word beautiful nearly all the photos that appear are nature related.  Sunsets, animals, scenery, etc.  We all have built into us a love for the beauty of the world around us.

Embedded in us is a sense of beauty based on nature.  Where did that come from?  When we look for descriptions of "beautiful" why is nature our first response?  It seems to be part of our "spiritual DNA" (if there is such a thing) that we know what best describes the concept of beauty.

Solomon, more than 3,000 years ago, said it this way, 

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiastes 3:11  

The beauty we see and sense comes from God as he reveals himself to the human race.  We call it beautiful.  God says it shows his handiwork, it reveals HIM.  Who's to argue?

 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.  Romans 1