Monday, July 4, 2005

BEAUTY

Proverbs 31:30

"Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain. But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised."

My prayer is to be this kind of woman - a woman who fears the Lord; a woman whose priorities are the deep things of God; a woman whose First Love is God. This is difficult especially in the kind of world we have now in which beauty is more likely link only to physical attributes. I am tempted of 2 things. First, to spend much for the externals and second, to think low of self for not being able to meet the beauty standards of this world. There is nothing wrong with physical beauty (it's a gift) but to only be concern of that is wrong - Physical beauty fades! There is much more worthy investment than that.


I Peter 3:3-4

"Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight."