Inner Beauty
I’m sharing this article by Lynn Cowell about inner beauty – it’s a good reminder of what really matters during those years when our bodies are shape-shifting.. During the early years of starting a family, our bodies change in amazing ways as we carry and then nurture the little ones God blesses us with. Our culture is so outward- focused, it’s easy to lose perspective sometimes in this area! Outer beauty diminishes over time (yep!), while inner beauty often does the opposite! I guess that’s the good news, as I get older and the wrinkles are showing up! 😊
“Beautiful is not the size of an outward body, but the size of our inner heart.
Love, unconditional and unbounded by fear, radiates from the eyes of a girl, a woman, redefined by God.
1 John 4:18 says,
“There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.”
The one who is filled each and every day with God’s perfect love allows the fear of rejection of others to fall away, even as the arrows are being aimed at her heart.
Beautiful is not the shape in the mirror, but the shape of a kind spirit.
A kind spirit is hard to find; which is one reason it is so beautiful. The rare, kind heart steps beyond herself, overcomes her selfishness, in order to be the hands and feet of Jesus.
“Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich man boast of his riches, but let him who boasts boast about this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight.” Jeremiah 9:23 -24 (NIV)”
