Beauty

"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
   but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised." - Proverbs 31:30

Man, I used to be so shallow. I had it all wrong. I used to have such a worldly view on what beauty was. I was blind to what true beauty was. I expected to have a fine woman as my wife. That's what the world had me thinking. Outward appearance used to attract me so much. But what good is that? What is pleasing to the eye is not beauty. It's superficial. That all fades.

I hate seeing girls try to attract attention to themselves, doing anything they can to make themselves look better. I hate seeing guys fall for this too! Sorry if what I say in this offends anyone but this is just what I believe. I do not want to walk around and see that everywhere I go. It's disgrossting to me! I see too many girls wearing pieces of fabric and calling it clothing. So much makeup you can't even tell what they really look like. Yes, we're all a little self-conscious. I care about how I look sometimes. But sometimes it's just too much. How do you expect to be respected when the way you present yourself doesn't say that?

I love it when I see a woman "adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control,... with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works." (1 Timothy 2:9-10). I love seeing women who respect themselves, who are comfortable with who they are and how they naturally look. "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment...Instead it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful" (1 Peter 3:3-5). True beauty really comes from within. Women, be confident in who you are. Let your hair down. Don't let anyone tell you how you should look. God created you how you are. We are all created in His image. We are all beautiful. Reflect the beauty of God.

Godliness is the true standard of beauty. It never fades. You have no idea how attractive a godly woman is to me. It is so sexy! It is so cool seeing women who love Jesus, women who serve the Lord, women of virtue, women who know who they are in Christ and live it out. "Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate" (Proverbs 31:31). I cannot wait to get married to the beautiful, radiant, Proverbs 31 woman God has me waiting for!

"A wife of noble character who can find?
   She is worth far more than rubies.
 Her husband has full confidence in her
   and lacks nothing of value." - Proverbs 31:10-11