When we admire beauty apart from God, we risk making an idol of what He created. The grandeur of mountain peaks, the beauty of the human form, delicate flowers, and countless other wonders all point to the magnificence of their Creator. When we focus on the creation rather than the One who made it, we give created things a glory that belongs to God alone. Perhaps the problem isn’t that we pursue beauty too much, but that we pursue the wrong kind of beauty. There is a beauty worth seeking that surpasses all others and never fades. C. S. Lewis…