Beauty by the Book

I would like to introduce you to my new series I will be posting for the next 7 weeks.  Our women’s ministry at church started this bible study on Proverbs yesterday and when I found out the topic, I KNEW I had to attend.  It was calling out my name and tugging at my heart.  And it definitely is a topic that you all know I have struggled with: beauty and my attitude about it.  For the next 7 weeks, I will have Beauty-by-the-Book Wednesdays and will share what I learned.  The bible study also comes with daily devotionals/additional study.  And while I will be doing these, I will only be blogging about the class I attend on Tuesdays.  I strongly encourage you to find a group of women to do this study with so you too can do the devotions.  I did my first today and it was soooo good! So let’s dive right in, shall we?

1. It is God Given.  Look at Ezekiel 16: 4-13.  We are born with  nothing, naked and helpless.  But God grows us and we “become the most beautiful of jewels.”  We are His jewels and we are beautiful.
2. It is Attention Getting.  Ezekiel 16: 14 speaks of fame due to beauty.  Hey, its ok to color your hair, do your makeup and get all dolled up, unless your motives are to seek attention.  Laurie Cole states that “Beauty is not meant to be a bad thing, but it can be dangerous.  It is attention getting and you may begin to crave that attention.  This in turn leads to pride and causes spiritual corruption.”
3. It is Pride-Inducing.  See Ezekiel 16:15.
4. It is spiritually corrupting.  Ezekiel 16:15-18 …ugh, yes it is. I speak from experience!