Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. - Engañosa es la gracia, y vana la hermosura, pero la mujer que teme a Jehová, ésa será alabada.
Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for this new and marvelous day. As women, we take great pride, time and effort to look and dress nice. Today we are praying that the inner beauty far exceeds the outer beauty. We want you to see our beautiful hearts and our love and kindness towards others. There is nothing wrong with looking nice, but we will not be so consumed with it, that we neglect you, or doing your work. We thank you for the opportunity to be stewards and servants for you. It is not about us. For these blessings and requests, we say thank you, and amen!
First Samuel 16:7b declares, "The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." First Timothy 2:9-10 tells us, "I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God." Paul did not forbid women from wearing jewelry, makeup, or braided hair"rather he tells women to not let their outward appearance become more important than their inner beauty.
Peter reminds us of this spiritual fact: "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight" (1 Peter 3:3-5). There is nothing wrong with wearing jewelry, makeup, or braided hair as long as it is done in a modest manner. A woman should not be so focused on her outward appearance that she neglects her inner spiritual life. The Bible focuses on the heart. If a woman is spending too much time and money on her appearance, the problem is that the woman's priorities are wrong. Expensive jewelry and clothing are the results of the problem, not the problem itself.
