the beauty of being ugly

i remember years ago when i was still in the navy, or perhaps even further back (can't really pin point the exact time), mummy asked me to please take care of my face. my pimples were all out of control - without any permission, they were just popping out to breathe some fresh air. i remember telling her this:

"if i'm good-looking, when a girl likes me, i don't know if she loves me for my looks or for who i really am. so, if i have lots of pimples and become more "ugly", then when a girl falls in love with me, then i know its for who i am and not my looks".

she just walked away. haha.

years later, after i got attached to laine; my mother came to me and told me to please take care of my face again. this time, i told her:

"if my pimples are cleared, and i look better, what if more girls are attracted to me? its better to stay ugly."

she just walked away. haha

anyway, today at dinner with my care group people, i shared with them the first philosophy. after the usual laughter, one of the girls, li jian, asked me, "what if our insides were all ugly and someone still loves us for who we are?"

in my typical and usual cheeky, trying to be lame self, i searched for a good reply. but found none. i merely replied, "good for us lor".

while showering, i was thinking, isn't that how God's love for us works? even though we are all sinners with ugly insides, He still sent His beloved son, Jesus, down to our world to die for all our sins. He did that for only ONE reason - because He loves us. yes, He loved us even when we all had ugly insides.

how blessed are we all.

thank you Father for doing this for us. and loving us.