Beauty

We’ve all heard that old adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We find many things beautiful like the sea, the view from a mountain top, open landscape, a painting, ballet dancing, a book, animals, people too. The beauty looked at today focuses on people. Real Beauty begins inside a person.

The Bible mentions women who were beautiful to look at like:

·         Rebekah. The Bible tells us that she was a beautiful girl in Genesis 24:15

·         Queen Vashti. King Xerxes wanted Queen Vashti to wear her royal crown so that he could display her beauty to the people and nobles for “she was lovely to look at”. Esther 1:11. Her husband wanted to ‘display’ her beauty. She was obviously a beautiful woman – easy on the eyes.

·         Rachel.  Genesis 29:17 states that “Rachel was lovely in form and beautiful.”

·         Esther. After Queen Vashti was deposed, Esther became the next Queen but “before a girl came to go to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics.” Esther 2:12. That is a lot of time and effort spent on ones physical appearance. She must have been absolutely gorgeous.

Appearance or outer beauty is important to us and we can spend time and money on it. Inner beauty is of greater importance.

Patience, gentleness, kindness, joy, peace etc are “beauty treatments” that assist us to becoming truly lovely – truly beautiful – a sight to behold……. on the inside. Real Beauty begins inside a person.

By Molly Manhanga