He must be Tall, Handsome, Love formal wear, Have a beautiful smile and well built”, i thought to myself. I was having a great time describing him and soaking my mind with the image I was designing. My being yearned to meet him. When I thought of us together, it made the puzzle look so much better than the view of the sunrise!
The outward appearance seemed so appealing to me that it almost drained out things that matter most! luckily for me, I remembered something! I won’t get married to his fine suit or his company but I will have to get married to what is within, The inner man!
The outward appearance seemed so appealing to me that it almost drained out things that matter most! luckily for me, I remembered something! I won’t get married to his fine suit or his company but I will have to get married to what is within, The inner man!
So many times we look at what pleases our eyes and not our hearts! We look at the vessel that we see moving around but we care not to look at what the vessel is carrying! I am not a relationship expert because clearly from looking at my previous relationship, there is still more to learn!
This though does not mean that I cannot see that people are blinded by what their eyes are fixed on! They are impressed by the labels a man carries rather than the qualities he possesses! They are impressed by the amount of money he blows forgetting that storing up treasures on earth is not wise because those very treasures can be stolen. They are impressed by the car (body) they see but not by the manufacturer (God).
This though does not mean that I cannot see that people are blinded by what their eyes are fixed on! They are impressed by the labels a man carries rather than the qualities he possesses! They are impressed by the amount of money he blows forgetting that storing up treasures on earth is not wise because those very treasures can be stolen. They are impressed by the car (body) they see but not by the manufacturer (God).
1Peter 3:3 don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God!
The outward beauty and his career won’t be making you happy for the rest of your life. The outward beauty won’t be the source of love! How He appears won’t make him submit to you under the reverence of Christ. It won’t make him a Head that will lead well. It won’t make you holy, clean and cleansed by Gods word! His money and “cuteness” won’t present you before God without blemish or spot or wrinkle. His height won’t determine the length of years you will be together!! His money won’t reproduce the type of love and care your heart will be thirsty for! His career won’t make sure you guys are inseparable!
All these physical things can disappear at the blink of an eye you know that right? So what will you do? Leave him? Cheat? Be lonely? Depressed?
Be wise when you choose someone to spend your life with. The outward appearance might look attractive but nothing is as attractive as the inner man that is in the likeness of God. I am not saying its wrong to date a good looking , wealthy, well built man but you need to allow those to be the bonus things and not your main reason for being with him! With his money he can pay bills but that wont measure to what He can do with his identity in Christ. The man within is greater! That’s where you will draw love, peace, strength, support, care and joy from! The beauty that comes from within (the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit) is what is so precious to God and it should be what is precious to you too
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