How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? How much time do you spend putting on your makeup, fixing your hair, choosing your clothes, coordinating your jewelry? Some of you take an hour or more...some of you could take just a few more minutes! But, in general, we take care with how we look before we venture out of the house. I have one friend who was taught that you NEVER leave your house without makeup on and being completely dressed - in other words, no running to the mailbox in your pj's! Or to the store in your painting clothes! And I do believe we ought to take care not to be immodest or a poor testimony for the Lord when we're going out. (But, I confess, I do give my skin a break on Saturdays if I'm just running to Walmart!)
But God sees our hearts. God is more concerned with what we "look like" on the inside. So - how much time do you spend "cleaning" your heart - confessing sin? How much time do you spend "fixing your mind" - reading God's Word? How carefully do you pull out the "armour of truth"? How much time do you spend "grooming" a right attitude? a sweet spirit? a gracious tongue? How much time do you spend asking God to prepare you for the day to come? For grace and mercy to deal with whatever comes your way today?
Your body and face can be perfectly attired, but it will be your spirit, your attitude, your behavior that will leave an impression on those around you today - and on your heavenly Father.
"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
How well "adorned" are YOU today?
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