Beautiful In God's Eyes

I'd like to share a Jewish parable about beauty; Once Rabbi Elazar son of R. Shimon was coming from Migdal Gedor, from the house of his teacher. He rode along the riverside on his donkey, and was feeling happy and elated because he had studied much Torah. There chanced to meet him an exceedingly ugly man, who greeted him, "Peace be upon you, my master!" R. Elazar did  not return his salutation but instead said to him, "How ugly this person is! Are all the people of your city as ugly as you?" "I do not know," said the man. "But go to the craftsman who made me, and say to him: How ugly is the vessel which you have made!" Realizing that he had done wrong, R. Elazar dismounted from his donkey, prostrated himself before the man, and said to him, "You are right. Forgive me!" But the man replied, "I will not forgive you until you go to the craftsman who made me and say to him, 'How ugly is the vessel which you have made.'" How often do we make assumptions about the content of character of others based on their dress and appearance? We make judgements based on someone's teeth or hair line but how does that tell us what that person has been through? It's a bit cliche but to truly know what a person is truly made of one would need to walk a mile in their shoes to see what they've done, what they've been through and what they've had to overcome. What if we could trade shoes? Then we could get a glimpse of each others mind, feel each others pain, feel each others joys. And know with a perfect knowledge only Chrust has, what the others life has been like. Because if we got to know one another that well, and even know ourselves that way, then we would see how beautiful we really are. By seeing that we would see each other as God sees us. He sees us as beautiful, made in His likeness, He sees our struggles and triumphs. And he sees us fail and Ge loves us still. He sacrificed His only begotten son to redeem us because each of us are priceless to Him. Each of us is worthy of His eternally enduring love. So how is it we see so little worth in His children or in ourselves? Shouldn't a love of God entail a love of all His children too? If we are undervalued by others we should remember who we are, children of God, and we should try to see ourselves as being as beautiful as God sees us.