The song "You So Vain" has been in my head a lot. I think I am vain. I don't think it is something that is out of control. It is something I am trying to work on, and God is working on with me. But I ran across this today. It is from something that was given to me called.."Because I Love Carrie"
I made her pretty and not beautiful, because I knew her heart. And I knew that she would be vain. I wanted to search out her heart. And learn that it would be Me in her that would make her beautiful. And it would be Me in her that would draw friends to her.(1 Peter 3:3-5)
That is a somewhat modified version of 1 Peter, and The Message paraphrases it like this--
What matters is not your outer appearance--the styling of your hair, the jewelry you wear, the cut of your clothes--
but your inner disposition. Cultivate inner beauty, the gentle, gracious kind that God delights in. The holy women of old were beautiful before God that way, and were good, loyal wives to their husbands.
We all need to cultivate inner beauty. It is so hard in our society not to be caught up in outward beauty. I could blame my vanity on so many things, but I will takresponsibilityty for it and work with God to improve on that and focus on Him and inwardly.
posted by Carrie @ 5:49 PM
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