BEYOND THE OUTER SHELL

Good looks, flawless skin, ideal body figure, and everything pleasurable – these are the world’s concepts of beauty. Who doesn't hanker after, dude or lady, that picturesque appearance? I would be a liar to say I don’t. Some would do anything and everything to pull off, even selling their souls – a sad patent truth. We strive and make every effort but never content. We badly want to be a lot more attractive, be a replica or even more than that ideal celebrity.

But is it just all about the outer shell?

At the end of the day, is it all worth it to give our all to achieve the looks that we always dreamed of?

Of course it’s never a crime to make yourself more attractive, with the right reasons, go ahead. However, 

“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; 

but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”

-          PROVERBS 31:30     –

We pull out all the stops, with all the remedy available, but still we grow old and wrinkle. With whatever ways we have, we’re not getting any younger. And at our life’s closing stages, what’s remembered? It’s always more of the worthwhile comings and goings. Needless to say, but please let me say again, real beauty is beyond the outer shell. What’s of first importance? – The Things Eternal!

“For physical training is of some value, 

but godliness has value for all things,

holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.”

-         1 TIMOTHY 4:8     -

After all, it’s in the eyes of the Almighty that we are bound to give account of.

 “Stop judging by mere appearances, 

and make a right judgment."

-          JOHN 7:24      -

 “... The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. 

Man looks at the outward appearance, 

but the LORD looks at the heart."

-          1 SAMUEL 16:7        -

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, 

do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, 

giving thanks to God the Father through him.”

-          COLOSSIANS 3:17   -

 “For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will.”

-          EPHESIANS 1:4-5     -

 “For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

-          EPHESIANS 2:10     -

“As for those who seemed to be important-whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not judge by external appearance - those men added nothing to my message.”

-          GALATIANS 2:6      -

1 PETER 3:3~4