Beautiful
I Samuel 16:7, “But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”
Hello today! Thank you God for allowing each individual the opportunity for a new day! For generations our society or world have defined beautiful in a way that seems to fit only the elite groups. I always loved the saying, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”! But let’s be honest, the best old saying is, “Beauty is only skin deep”! Defining beautiful we find it is a pleasing of the senses or the mind aesthetically! What a word! It means to see the appearance in front of you as pleasing. But have you really looked beyond the beauty to what essentially makes that beauty? God provided us with nature, which is an abundance of several things that make it so. Trees, flowers, or any plant starts from a seed, dirt, water, sun! The end results are breathtaking! He created the heavens so that the sun would rise with beautiful colors, and the same as it sets in the evening! At night the moon shines and the stars glitter. Every animal has a beauty all its own and even insects have beauty in parts of their makeup. God also allowed some people to have perfect skin, hair, and physical features. For others He gave empathy, humility, strength, mercy, intelligence, creativity, loyalty, integrity, confidence, generosity, compassion, and courage. Look up these other qualities and see what your beauty needs to be even more beautiful! As you check your qualifications, note that your inner beauty is worth more than your outward beauty! These qualities do not have to be for the most beautiful in appearance, but the most beautiful hearts and souls. Do you possess these qualities? Have you thought about how those qualities could affect those around you? God sees the inside first, are yours beautiful? Today is the day that your outward beauty needs to take a back seat to your inward beauty!
Scriptures:
Read: 2 Corinthians 4:16, Romans 12:2, Romans 10:15, 1 Samuel 16:7, Ecclesiastes 3:11, Psalms 139:14-16, Ecclesiastes 3:11
Prayer:
Father, thank you for giving your words to enlighten our minds in knowing that our true beauty is within our hearts and souls. Please keep showing us the world’s true beauty that you created. Open our minds to the deep inner beauty of all people. Forgive us for looking only at the outer appearance and taking people at “face” value, without seeing their inner beauty. Amen.