Post #4 - to the girls

Proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised"

I now have definitive proof that people are psychotic about their looks. Check out this craziness!

I just read a story wear women at this upscale beauty salon in New York are applying nightingale poo for a facial cream mix. Nightingale Poo! You know, bird dung! This other guy puts his face in an aquarium full of tiny fish which suck on his face for a bizarre skin treatment. There is a day spa in northern Virginia that gives fish pedicures. These tiny fish (Garra Rufa) are being employed to eat and consume dead skin cells from brave customers.

What on Earth?! Are you kidding me? Demi Moore was quoted as saying that she uses leeches to suck on her face to achieve better circulation. Leeches...on your face? SICK!

As evidenced above, people are psycho about their looks. We are always looking for a new lotion or potion to make us more marketable on the singles market. The rush to keep up can be overwhelming.

But hold on. Let not your heart be troubled. The Word of God has keen insight into this touchy subject. If the idea of keeping up and beautifying our outer person is to be praised, then consider this. "Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised." God knows how important your looks are to you, but He at the same time wants to stress the inner person of the heart. To your Heavenly Father, you are beautiful all the time. It's true. You are His masterpiece. But above all this is the working of God's Spirit inside you making you beautiful on the inside.

Your looks will generally decline from the day you are born to the die you die. You are all cute when you come out, but when you are old, well let's just say that's another story. On the other hand, your inner person gets continually renewed and beautified. Hey, if you don't believe me you can go home and apply some bird dung to your face or soak your feet into your aquarium! Your call.

Blessings.