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Inner Beauty

02:32, 2008-Sep-15 .. Posted in Of Interest... .. 1 comments .. Link

I thought you would enjoy this.

A blog friend of mine had this following post ( http://acountrywoman.ning.com/group/womenofworth/forum/topic/show?id=2034541%3ATopic%3A424 ) and below that is my comment.7

Blessings from Ohio, Kim Wolf<><

Inner Beauty
The Word for Today with Bob Gass
Thursday, 11th September 2008
Beauty, the… kind… God delights in.
1 Peter 3:4 TM

A lady was applying face cream when her little girl asked, "What's that you're putting on, Mom?" "Moisturizer," she replied. "The sales lady said it would make me beautiful." With an honesty only children have, she replied, "Mom, I don't think it's working." There's nothing wrong with looking good, but there's much more to you than your clothes and your hairstyle. Plus, you can go broke fixing up the outside, because "what Mother Nature giveth, Father Time taketh away!" Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "To find beauty we must carry it with us."

It's a big mistake to focus on the outside and fail to appreciate the inner qualities God's given you. Solomon said, "Beauty is… [not lasting]" (Proverbs 31:30 AMP). When God made you He didn't just decorate the outside, He gave you "inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind… God delights in." However, because Peter also talked about "fancy hair, gold jewelry… fine clothes" (1 Peter 3:3 NCV), a few well-intentioned people have used that to create a legalistic standard by which to measure and judge others. Does the Bible teach us to dress appropriately? Absolutely. Paul writes: "I… want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety… appropriate for women who profess to worship God" (1 Timothy 2:9-10 NIV). But when you focus on the wrong area you get the wrong results. "Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart" (1 Samuel 16:7 NIV).

Don't allow what you see on TV or in the mirror to define your worth. Work instead to develop the kind of inner beauty God commends.

Daily Bible Reading:
Ezekiel 27:25-30:26, Luke 21:25-38, Psalm 78:40-55, Proverbs 20:22-24

My comment...

Amen! I used to model (from age 9 to 25) and "double-dipped" as a make-up artist (from age 19 to 34) and I KNOW how SO MANY put so much store in what they look like - they LIVE for what they look like. Even though I thoroughly enjoyed the make-up artistry work, especially (LOVE playing in those colors!!), I hardly wear the stuff anymore...and when I do I don't wear a fraction of what I did.

Now, don't get me wrong...I think it is fine to look nice...I especially like for my dh to like what he sees...but don't make it your god. Age happens. Look at the mockery those in Hollywood are making of themselves. Many of them don't even look human anymore...they look like grotesque plastic gargoyles to me. Their lips are so puffed and spread and pulled that they look like duck-billed platapusses (have you SEEN Meg Ryan lately?), their foreheads are so loaded w/botox that they can't physically express emotion. Sad...so sad.

I'm now content to have exchanged my 4" heels and dress suits for demin skirts, jeans, flannel, cotton and my beloved Burkenstocks and Earth shoes! lol As long as my Lord loves me, my dh loves me and I'm still attractive to HIM, and my children and those I care about love me...I'm happy and content.

Blessings from Ohio...

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