FOR THE GIRLS

While in college, I remember two girls who were a case study in the contrast between a woman with outer beauty and a women with inner beauty.

One girl was definitely attractive, the kind of girl who turns heads when she passes by. But she didn’t smile much, she often would not even acknowledge your presence if you passed her by in the hallway, even if there wasn’t another soul around. She didn’t appear to be very happy, and came across as very, well, snobbish.

Girl number two was not a great-looking girl, by any means. If you just saw a picture of her, you might describe her as downright homely. But there was something about her that just made people want to be with her, to get to know her. Her smile was contagious; she was not an in-your-face, over-bearing extrovert, but could be friendly and outgoing without even saying a word. You could see in her eyes and smile the love and peace of Christ.

Over time, semester after semester, I noticed that whatever outer attractiveness the first girl had was being completely cancelled out by her arrogant demeanor. She became ugly. By contrast, the inner beauty of the second girl rose to the surface; she was very attractive both inwardly and outwardly.

Please don’t be deceived by the call of this pagan world to think that outward beauty is your goal. Loving God and bringing glory to Him in all your relationships is a very beautiful thing, indeed.

“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” [Proverbs 31:30]