SHHHH It's a Secret

I was in the mall the other day with my family. David took the boys to look at something while I tried on a few clothes. I'm always feeling "frumpy"...wanting the weight loss but never getting the desired results. I don't want to be a size 3...pat on the back if you are!!! I'd be happy, no make that delighted, to be a size 12-14...no lie!!!

You all know Victoria don't you? She in the mall a lot, and she has a SECRET.....and she's never let me in on it! I'm happy for you if you can shop there, really I am.(Lord, forgive me , for I just sinned) I get a chuckle when I walked past that store...it's calls out my name alright..it's said "Honey, Lane Bryant is four doors down!".

I think it funny the things we go through to be beautiful or at least make a stab and keeping from being pug ugly. Today I got my hair cut. (Yea Rah to Kellie for working me in!) While I was there a lady had her eyebrows waxed. It had been a while since I'd had mine done so I let her do mine too. I love the end result...but have you ever had it done? Yikes! It was a quick kind of pain (like quick is better than slow..pain is pain) but then it's an odd sensation..you feel like your forehead has been yanked off and sewn back on with tiny needles. ( ready to go have it done??) My brows were red, a little swollen, but as the day has progressed I look a little more like my normal self that a lobster that's boiled in a pot all day. I kind of like the result.

I got to thinking about my spiritual walk. What if I put as much time into my spiritual beauty as some people do their outer beauty? It's hard to admit that I can't be friends with Victoria..that's not who I am....and sometimes it's hard to admit that we are not as "beautiful on the inside as we think we are..." Confessing my sins to the Lord and laying it all out to him can be painful, but the end result I really enjoy....satisfaction , peace, a sense that all is well with my spiritual walk.

Give me about 6 weeks and I'll need to do the eyebrows again....it's a process to try to be beautiful. Give me a day ( half a day) and I find myself before the throne of God again saying "Lord, forgive me, I've done it again."

I did a luncheon for some christian ladies in Virginia and the following were some thoughts the speaker, a pastor's wife who also sells Mary Kay shared with us. These are not her exact words, but the principle is here:

"Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman that fears the Lord, she shall e praised"
Proverbs 31:30

Being a beautiful woman in Christ involves more than the outside or just one part of us.
Our goal should be beauty that transcends time and doesn't fade away.

Beauty is a daily thing... we have to keep ourselves up or we get run down. We have to constantly work at the inner beauty or it too becomes run down. Consider the following for your spiritual walk:

Cleanser

We have to first cleanse ourselves of all unwanted sin. Our cleansing agent is confession and God's sweet forgiveness.

Moisturizer

Compassion is a good moisturizer. When you look for others and their needs first it will soften you up. That's a whole 'nother blog.

Wrinkle Cream

A meek and quiet spirit can help smooth out spiritual wrinkles. (Help me Lord!!) God says in 1 Peter 3:4 that a meek and quiet spirit is in the sight of God of great price. Valuable!

Foundation

A good foundation for the face is a must...and for our spiritual walk it is the Word of God. Once we apply the word the rest of our spiritual make-up can be added.
Psalm 119:11 "They Word have I hid in my heart that I will not sin against you"

Eye Makeup

The eye are the window to the soul I once heard. Keeping our eyes from seeing things that are not appropriate to a Christian is a hard task in this day and time but so vital.

Lipstick

Don't forget the lipstick..it's finishes out a makeover...Our words can make or break our spiritual makeover...one slip of the tongue, one gossipy word, one hateful speech, one quick tempered utterance can ruin all the work that you've done. Taming the tongue..I'm a work in progress.

Blush

A little sunshine for the cheeks? How about God's love shining through us?

Romans 5:5...The love of God shed abroad in our hearts...

Hand Lotion

Soft hands....much more appealing than dry cracked ones.

"Give her of the fruit of her hands and let her own works praise her in the gates. Prove. 31:31

Foot Therapy

I love a good pedicure! I hate the prices though! I tend to overlook my feet till pretty weather arrives and it's sandal time. My feet get really rough on the heels and I love it when they work on them till they are smooth.....

When I don't walk in the right places my feet get spiritually rough. Take your feet where Christ would approve.
"Abstain from all appearance of evil." 1Thess. 5:22


I may never be a size 3, 4, 5..I'm telling you a 14 looks good to me...but I sure hope that I can work on the inside....and the way to achieve a beautiful spiritual walk is no Secret....Ms. Victoria!!!!