Something Beautiful

Acts 3
2Now a man crippled from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.

I was reading this passage the other day and it this verse began to stick out to me. I re-read it and began to think about this crippled man being in front of a beautiful gate. This man had no shame and was not embarassed to be a poor cripple, probably homeless, and sat outside of Beautiful. He knew that in order to recieve the best thing he could hope for, he would need to put himself next to something beautiful. I began to think that this is a practice I need to start applying to my life. Sometimes when I feel down or that I am not doing well in my devotional life, I do the mediocre or don't expect to get much out of a service because I feel unworthy. However, I know that in order to receive the blessing of God, I need to put myself next to something beautiful and wait on God to meet me there. And I know that He will.