Do you have a pretty heart?????

Good morning everyone! Today is Friday!!! Are ya ready for the weekend? I got off yesterday morning after working 6 13 hour days. Totally ready for a day off. Picked the kiddo's up yesterday and we just chilled for the whole night together. Sure did miss them an awful lot. While I laid in bed last night before I went to sleep I was thinking about our eyes and how we see things. How we see beauty and worth. I think we go about it all wrong. Let's dig into some of the good stuff and see what it can show us..........

Bible verse: Proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

What makes a person hot? Or beautiful? Think about that for a second. Is what you think makes a person hot/beautiful what society thinks? Who formed or created these ideas? Is it the media, TV, magazines, billboards, etc.? How much are people judged by these standards? Are you judged by these standards? Do you judge by these standards? Why or why not? Are these standards healthy to live by? Now, I am going to ask you a tough one. What would God think about these standards? What is the average person more concerned about the outer appearance or the inner appearance? That's kind of an easy one. Almost every person that I talk to if they are honest. It is the outer appearance. So, let's look at the Bible verse in proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, First of all back in the day the people who compiled these proverbs were Hebrew and swine or pigs were considered unclean animals. So, putting a jewel of gold or gold ring in a pigs snout was pretty much a waste or just plain dumb!

Look around at a lot of the people that society thinks are hot / beautiful. Some of these people are drop dead gorgeous on the outside, but plumb ugly on the inside. Like they fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch. We so often don't look past the surface. Some may not match the outside. Physical beauty without character will wear out after a while. It is not bad to take care of your body and care about what you look like but, it should not be at the expense of your inner self. Let's look at Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." Guy's, what produces these traits? It is the Holy Spirit. These are the traits found in Jesus. So, if we want these traits in our lives, we must join our lives to Christ and be more Christ like everyday. Have you ever thought which one of these traits you would like to have the most?

I am closing today with this. People and society in general are consumed with outer beauty. But, the bottom line is that God is only looking at your heart because this body of ours is only a shell that we have for a short period. Who you are will last forever! God wants you to invest in your inner beauty. Maybe that is spending more time with Him in Him Word. Maybe you need to improve a friendship. Maybe even volunteer or spend some extra time helping someone in need, Have a great day and God bless!