Ever heard that phrase before? Can you picture someone to whom it might apply? What is it that really makes someone attractive?
In verses 3-6, Peter isn't necessarily condemning dressing up or having nice hair. Instead, he's discussing where a person's beauty comes from. Beauty that only comes from the outside appearance is shallow. Beauty that comes from your spirit, your inner self, is true beauty. Look at verse 5 and 6 to see how to make your spirit, and thus your whole self, beautiful (there should be three parts to this beauty regimen).
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep"
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The three steps are:
1. Be submissive to your husband (I know that I have problems with this one)
2. Do what is right
3. Do not give in to fear
I think these steps are followed with a broken/submissive spirit to God, first of all. If you focus on Him it is much easier to see what is right, and have the correct motivation and courage to do it. It is also harder to be afraid when you know that you have the one and only Almighty God on your side.
If we could bottle this up, and promise women that it would make them beautiful; can you imagine how people would flock to it. Our society is so focused on outward beauty. They spend their money to get it, they starve themselves, they tell themselves that they are worth nothing if they're not beautiful. What a relief it would be if they realized that only the beauty that comes from the inside actually matters.
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