"Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: 'Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.' Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." Proverbs 31:28-30
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting...now there's a great contrast to our current culture. Seems we are bombarded by more and more ways to remain charming and beautiful up until the bitter end. Beauty creams at a minimum. Addiction to plastic surgery at the other end of the spectrum. People apparently are supposed to know everything about us they need to know from 10 yards away...but God thinks differently. "Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things." (Colossians 3:2) He knows that we age and that our bodies may be broken down by the sins of this world. But if we live and trust in Him, we will age gracefuly. We may be weathered or worn or slightly overweight but He looks right through that exterior skin to our hearts. There is where the true beauty lies in a woman who follows in the footsteps of Jesus. So we can fight the aging process with human means or we can rely on God's means to keep us beautiful until we get those brand new bodies when we are resurrected in Jesus Christ. I Corinthians 15 says "The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable; it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body (v42-44)." Praise the Lord! I can't wait to get my perfect, eternal, imperishable body.
Ramona, thank you for stopping by my blog yesterday and for your kind words. You are right on target with this blog about charm. So many people are deceived. It's very sad, but also troubling. But praise God that as Christians we never have to worry about perishing! God bless.
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