"You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God."
-1 Peter 3:4
How often have you, as a woman, thought this to yourself:
"I need a new wardrobe."
"If I looked like that life would be so much better."
" I'll never look as good as she does."
We rarely say these harmful things aloud to ourselves but we all have thought them. We are consumed with anxiety over our outer appearance-to the extent that we constantly and continually compare and criticize. It's a very common feeling among women and it's quite contrary to what God's Word says.
His Word says our beauty comes from within, not what we wear or look like. The Bible tells us that beauty is found in a gentle and quiet spirit. Loveliness grows out of living a life centered on God and the contentment found in his love. Outward beauty will fade, but a gentle and quiet spirit is timeless beauty, unfading beauty. True beauty really does come within.
We, as women, have such potential in Christ. He has created us with purpose and given us opportunity in the world that men cannot fulfill. Instead of holding on to truth, we sometimes reject this potential by choosing to trust in temporary beauty and loveliness that in most cases is false beauty. How do we develop a gentle and quiet spirit? Look at the little things-like wearing less make-up, for example. When tempted to wear more than necessary, choose to stop and praise God for your unique beauty and what He has given you. He has trusted you with it to further His kingdom. It sometimes takes little things like that or memorizing verses to allow yourself to see your beauty in Christ and not worldly beauty. Throw out the ideas of this world and your expectations and let God work in your life. Let him show you your "unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit."
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