Belle didn’t really fit in the new town that well. She was
beautiful, but the townspeople saw her as strange because she was constantly
reading a book. It certainly didn’t help that her father kept trying to come up
with crazy inventions and blowing up their house quite often.
Either way, things couldn’t be so bad for her, could they?
The town hunk, Gaston, is obviously interested in her. He’s handsome, and a
great hunter. In her mind though, it’s not a good thing. Unlike the other girls
in town, she sees right through him. Sure, he’s attractive, but he’s
arrogant-and that, in Belle’s mind, is anything but attractive.
Belle’s not really the type to be charmed by looks.
Throughout the story we see that no matter who it is, or what they look like,
she sees people as people with value. While she was frightened at first of the
beast’s appearance she allowed herself to judge him by his actions rather than
what he looked like.
Over time, with help from Belle, the beast began to see what
kind of person he could be. Through her, he saw that kindness and love starts
when you put their needs ahead of your own.
Don’t get me wrong-I’m never saying that you should go out
and date bad boys. But, when you choose to do the best you can to try to find
the best in everyone, and treat everyone with kindness, there’s almost no limit
to the amount of good that can occur from it.
We must remember that every person is made in the image of God and is
a precious soul. It doesn’t matter what they’ve done or what they believe. When
we treat someone with love and kindness, we don’t know the affect it will have
on them (Galatians 6:1, 1st Thessalonians 5:15). Perhaps your act of
kindness will eventually help lead them to Christ.
We must try to see people as God sees them and look at their
heart rather than their outward appearances (1st Samuel 16:7). It’s
amazing the abilities, and positive qualities people can hide from the world.
It takes special people to show them just how important they are to God. That’s
something as God’s daughters that we cannot take for granted.
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