Love is “to reveal the beauty of another person to themselves,” wrote Jean Vanier. - Pete Scazzero (Emotional Healthy Spirituality)

Came across this sentence today while reading. It stopped me in my tracks. It is such a beautiful thought about love.

I hate to admit it, but on so many occasions, instead of desiring to “reveal the beauty of another person to themselves,” my primary desire is to reveal the beauty of myself to others.

But what a game changer it could be if, in my interactions with others, I was more concerned with helping others to see the beauty in who they were rather than trying to help them see the beauty in who I am.

I love the idea of love being a means of helping others to see themselves as more beautiful.

But here’s an idea about love that I find even more compelling…

Loving rightly should not only lead people to see themselves as more beautiful, but more importantly, loving rightly should lead people to see God as more beautiful!

Greater self-esteem is good. Greater adoration for God is best.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:11-12