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 The fact that something is perceived as beautiful is bound up with an urge to protect it, or act on its behalf. —Elaine Scarry, On Beauty and Being Just

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to comfort all who mourn,
and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
instead of ashes…. —Isaiah 61:1–3 NIV

theologian Alejandro García-Rivera writes in The Community of the Beautiful – as “what moves the heart” is beautiful.

And this contemplation of mine burbled up in my mind from the inmost recesses of my heart, and I wrote some volumes entitled On the Beautiful and the Fitting. I think two or three of them – you know, God, but I forget. We haven’t got them anymore; they’ve wandered away from us somehow. —Augustine, ConfessionsAnd let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. —Psalm 90:17 KJV
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Romans 12:17-20

(17) Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. (18) If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. (19) Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. (20) Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
If he is thirsty, give him a drink;
For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head."In the same vein, Peter taught that we must not repay evil with evil, insult with insult, but we must bless (I Peter 3:8-9). Why are we called to react this way? Because if we want to be in God's Kingdom, it can only happen without the spirit of murder dwelling in us, and those evil retaliations are the spirit of murder. In the same vein, Peter taught that we must not repay evil with evil, insult with insult, but we must bless (I Peter 3:8-9). Why are we called to react this way? Because if we want to be in God's Kingdom, it can only happen without the spirit of murder dwelling in us, and those evil retaliations are the spirit of murder.