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| Beauty That is Soul-Deep |
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| ¡°For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.¡± ( Psalm 149:4 , KJV ) |
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How do you identify beauty?
We see the world's definition of beauty displayed on the magazine racks, emphasized on soaps and flaunted on the movie screen. Careful make-up and revealing clothing enhance this physical attractiveness. Yet this beauty is vain and will, with time, wrinkle, sag and fade.
Beauty according to God's definition, however, will never fade. He is not distracted by our outward appearance because He has the ability to look within and see the beauty of a pure heart and a meek and quiet spirit.
Consider Jesus, our great example. He was not physically attractive because He didn't want us to desire Him on that level (Isaiah 53:2). Rather, His beauty was revealed through His humility and obedience before His Father and His compassion for mankind. These qualities are the cosmetics we too must carefully apply.
Once we have attained this soul-deep beauty, God compliments it by providing our wardrobe "for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness" (Isaiah 61:10).
Let us pay attention to this kind of beauty. Let us appreciate and identify beauty that is soul-deep. |
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Dear Father, help us to resist the temptation to measure our beauty by the world's standards and instead let Your beauty be manifested in our lives. In Jesus' name. Amen. - SHONYA KLEIN, Lancaster, Missouri |
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