It has been said that the greatest artists of all time, at the peak of their genius, could produce only a poor copy of God's original. The masters of art cannot hope to reproduce on canvas the beauty of a sunset, a river, or a flower. We go to the art galleries and praise the masterpieces of a Rembrandt or a Michelangelo, but who praises the Lord whose masterpieces in creation are infinitely superior?

I am not berating the genius of the Renaissance masters of art. I am just saying that the beauty created by God is overwhelmingly better. If men are held in admiration and awe for the beauty produced by their hands, how much more should we be enraptured and amazed at God's beauties in creation. Man's best simply cannot be compared to God's best. In fact, if God had a "worst" it would still far surpass the best efforts of man.

Who would dare to approach the dome in the Sistine Chapel in Rome with oil paints and brushes, and presume alter, or improve the work of Michelangelo? No man! Yet, the God given beauty of a woman is one of the Lord's masterpieces and men and women presume that they can improve on the work of the Creator. Mankind dares to approach God's masterpiece with their pallet of colors to change, to highlight, and to alter the original. What presumption! What arrogance! What pride! What rejection of the Creator's work!

Is a woman made prettier by plucking her eyebrows, and painting on new ones? Is not eye shadow laughable? Is not a glaring red mouth out of place on a human face? Yet, many billions of dollars are spent each year for makeup. The array of colors and potions is extensive. The time and effort expended to improve the female face is considerable. And when all the money has been spent, and all the time and effort has been put into the change, the end result can only be failure. Man can never improve on God's masterpiece. Man should not presume to even try.

Respect and reverence the Perfect Artist, God Almighty, should cause us to humbly acknowledge what makeup cannot, and does not improve his workmanship. The world may judge this matter differently, but the Lord Jesus Christ, the holy angels, and godly multitudes are the elite connoisseurs of art that we should seek to please.

(See Psalms 29:2, Psalms 90:17, Psalms 149:4, I Timothy 2:9-10, Jeremiah 4:30, and II Kings 9:30-37)