FROM DEEP WITHIN=COMES OUR REAL BEAUTY!

 

                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

 

 

FROM DEEP WITHIN=

(Comes OUR REAL BEAUTY)!                                                                                                                                                   

 

Our CULTURE=is a LOOKS OBSESSED=IMAGE obsessed

Culture=where beauty and LOOKS ARE lauded=so many of

Us=let our looks=Physical appearance=BECOME OUR

CORNERSTONE=our expression of IDENTITY=who we are

“…….you were captivated=by YOUR OWN BEAUTY…….”                                                Ezekiel 16:15

 

WHEN you are overly concerned=with our own outward appearance=

We would do anything=to MAINTAIN OUR LOOKS=starve=diet= plastic

Surgery=anything to MAINTAIN OUR LOOKS

 

It is GREAT=to have physical beauty=but we should NEVER let that=

Become our end all=because real beauty=REAL LOVE=real worth

COMES FROM DEEP WITHIN!

 

“One thing=I ask=from the Lord=this only I seek=that I may

Dwell=in the house of the Lord=all the days of my life=to gaze

ON THE BEAUTY=of the Lord”                                                                                                   Psalm 27:4

 

“Charm is deceptive=and BEAUTY IS FLEETING=but a woman

Who fears the Lord=is to be praised”                                                                                     Proverbs 31:30

 

“……..and to provide=for those=who grieve in Zion-------

To bestow on them=a CROWN OF BEAUTY=instead of ashes”                                      Psalm 61:3

 

The truth is=REAL BEAUTY=and the PEACE=that comes with it=has

Very little=to do with a person’s physical appearance=the real

AUTHENTIC BEAUTY=comes through in our souls=the REAL BEAUTY=

Comes from DEEP WITHIN US!=Deep INSIDE of us

 

“These are the things=God has revealed to us=by his Spirit=the

Spirit searches=all things=even THE DEEP THINGS of God”                                        1 Corinthians 2:10

 

“They must keep hold=OF THE DEEP TRUTHS=of the faith=with

A clear conscience”                                                                                                                     1 Timothy 3:9

 

WHAT LASTS=in this world=is the VIRTUES OF GOD=the virtues

Of the Holy Spirit=and things like KINDNESS=and generosity=and

The real SINCERE LOVE of God=REVEALED in the FRUITS of

The Holy Spirit=These NEVER get old=or go out of style=like

OUR LOOKS can and do=REAL BEAUTY COMES FROM DEEP WITHIN!

And it is in GOD’S LOVE

 

“But the fruit=of the Spirit=is love=joy=peace=forbearance=KINDNESS=

Goodness=faithfulness=and self-control=Against such things=there is

No law”                                                                                                                                                 Galatians 5:22-23

 

“And over all these VIRTUES=put on love=which binds them all

Together=in perfect unity”                                                                                                       Colossians 3:14

 

The QUALITIES of love=the qualities of God=NEVER go out

Of style=and besides what is beautiful=and WHO is beautiful in

This world=vary from person to person=the REAL BEAUTY=of this world

Is DEFINED by God=let it be DEFINED by God=In you

FROM DEEP WITHIN=comes the REAL BEAUTY of you=In this world

 

In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of OUR EVER LIVING=ever LOVING=ever

BEAUTIFUL=and FAITHFUL Holy Father God!

 

Robert P. Wallman

8-15-2024

 

 

INSPIRED=by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Kate Wicker