Beauty

What do you imagine when you hear the word beauty? The colors of a midsummer sunset? the fragrance of a rose? the roar of the ocean waves crashing on a cliff?

Often we use that term to describe a person or their physical attractiveness. As women of God we know that there is so much more to genuine beauty than what appears on the outside. For generations, mothers have told daughters, "Beauty is only skin deep" and "Pretty is as pretty does".

Provers 31:30 tells us that, "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised"

The world would try to persuade us and our children that true beauty can come from a jar, that it can be painted on, powdered up, nipped or tucked, but my momma would say "It's what is on the inside that really counts"

Beauty that exalts the mind and spirit comes from the Lord. We are made in His image, beautifully crafted by the Master. As we grow and follow after Christ we become more like Jesus in love and service.

How do we visualize the beauty of Christ? That beauty comes from His infinite love. The psalmist prayed "One thing that I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple" (Psalms 27:4)

Yes, we all have "bad hair days", days we don't feel "pretty". Our mirrors reveal flaws and imperfections, but those things do not define who we are. Knowing, trusting, loving, and serving God makes us beautiful. We need to look in to His "mirror" which is His Word to see the loveliness reflected in us.


~ Tina