Rebirth of Power

One is not to be a cynic about power and beauty. Though they are passing gifts of life, nevertheless they were meant to be renewed. Every boy that is born to the couple is a rebirth of power, and every daughter is a rebirth of beauty. Baby talk becomes cute once again; new mysteries are unfolded, namely, fathercraft and mothercraft, as the husband and wife see themselves as sculptors quarrying new images from the block of humanity. The words of religion used in courtship such as heaven and beautiful now appear to have a new meaning; for what is heaven but a place where love is an eternal ecstasy, and where we can be lifted up above the tears and trials and loneliness of earth?

The beautiful is now understood  as  a quality which love bestows, and what is but a re-echo that humanity is beautiful to God because he loved it and gave himself up for it. Love awakens to it messiahship and the realization the both partners are called upon to be the servants of life, as into their dual selfhood creeps a sense of their mission as the protectors and defenders of life. They may not know it, but their elemental instincts are rehearsals for a deeper love. Nothing transfigures love and lifts it to new heights as much as sacrifice, for love is freedom in search of servitude to another. ~Bishop Sheen Guide to Contentment