Occasionally, my older girls and I have a

daddy-daughter date night. These times are always great times. Now,

you must understand, I think Kaelyn and Anna are two of the most

beautiful girls in the world. (They take after their mother...a

fact for which we are all extremely grateful.) They are naturally

beautiful. But, when we are on daddy-daughter-date-night, there is

also a sense in which I make them beautiful. When I treat them like

ladies, when I pour a father's love into them, when buy them that

extra something special, I watch a transformation in their faces.

Their natural beauty shines brighter because I, as the one who

loves them, am making them beautiful. Anyone who sees us on

daddy-daughter date night knows that this is true. I wonder if

there is a way that followers of Christ can do that same thing with

the Gospel? The good news of Jesus is a beautiful message. But is

there a way that followers of Christ can make the natural beauty of

the Gospel shine more brightly? As we live as Christians in a

godless world, Paul tells all of us (through his letter to Titus)

that we can have a hand in making the gospel look

attractive.