I heard that little tidbit on the Today Show. Apparently I’m well over a whole decade past my beauty prime. That’s vanity, yes. If this physical body was all I knew and cared about, I might be tempted to console myself with chocolate. (I might do that anyway.) But even though our society idolizes the beautiful body, the Christian knows that “beauty is vain” and “the Lord looks on the heart” (Prov. 31:30; 1 Sam. 16:7).
The truth is that I’ve got a long way to go before I reach my true beauty prime. God prizes a gentle and quiet spirit (1 Pet. 3:3,4). Holy women adorn themselves by submitting to their own husbands (1 Pet. 3:5,6), and clothing themselves with strength and dignity (Prov. 31:25). Dressing our best means practicing righteous acts (Rev. 19:8). You see, presentation is everything to God, too, but He wants us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to Him (Rom. 12:1). Gentleness, submission, honor, holiness, and serving others–this is real beauty that never fades.
As someone once said, “You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your own soul’s doing.” Those who are conforming to the image of Christ have this confidence: “Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day” (2 Cor. 4:16).
Prayer for Today: Lord, help me remove all ugliness from my heart.
Thank you for those encouraging thoughts! ☺
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Beautiful thoughts from a beautiful lady!! Thanks for the reminders!
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Thank you, Alicia, and right back at ya!
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So beautiful!! Thank you Kathy for this inspiration!! Miss you!
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Thank you, Tammy. Miss you, too, & been lovin’ those grandbaby pics!
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Kathy, You have a beautiful heart and I think those statistics must be wrong about physical beauty because you get more beautiful all the time. Thank you for your great articles. Love you!
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Thank you so much, Pam! You’re a wonderful encourager and an example of both outward and inward beauty! Love you, too!
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