Inner v. Outer Beauty

I think in today’s society, there is so much pressure to be beautiful. This pressure feels more severe on girls/women, but I think there is also a pressure for guys and men as well.

I have never considered myself “beautiful,” and it is only as of lately that I am starting to have a better view of myself, to where I’m content with what I look like.

But outward beauty isn’t important to God. Check out what His word says:

Do not let your adornment be merely outward—arranging the hair, wearing gold, or putting on fine apparel— rather let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God.
      - 1 Peter 3:3-4

Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
      - Proverbs 31:30

Inner beauty is far more important. Rather than spend all our time being beautiful for the moment or the day, why not spend time becoming beautiful for our Groom in heaven. That beauty is lasting.

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed. For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
      - 1 Peter 3:15-17

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So I’ll stand, with arms high and heart abandoned, in awe of the One who gave it all. I’ll stand, my soul, Lord, to you surrendered. All I am is Yours.
      - “The Stand”