True Beauty, Part 3 - hidden beauty of the heart.

As stated before, the beauty we should be creating in ourselves is Godly beauty.. the TRUE beauty. We see an example of God's definition of beauty here:

..whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the HIDDEN MAN OF THE HEART, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
{1 Peter 3: 3-4}

Our time should be spent pursuing this beauty of the hidden man ..or woman in our case ..of the heart. True beauty is shown through the love of God (not of ourselves) and we can serve Him! This should be the beauty that we choose to cultivate in our hearts. Our inner beauty will never fade.. it will live on through the lives of those we have touched. It remains in us as we get older and our physical appearance fades. One of my favorite examples of a women with Godly beauty is the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31. If you ever have time, you should definitely read about this beauty! It starts in verse 10 and continues to the end of the chapter. Some characteristics of a woman of great inward beauty:

Verse 11.. trustworthy
Verse 12.. supportive
Verse 13-14.. hard working
Verse 15.. caring
Verse 16-19.. wise
Verse 20.. compassionate
Verse 21.. prepared
Verse 22.. attractive
Verse 23-24.. causes good reputation
Verse 25.. optimistic
Verse 26.. speaks pleasant words
Verse 30-31..dedicated

Favour is deceitful and beauty is vain; but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised! {Proverbs 31:30}