Favour is deceitful,
and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be
praised. Proverbs 31:30.
This one has a whole new meaning for me, lately. I got a sty
and my ophthalmologist said that I had to put medicine in my eye daily and to
not wear makeup for a month. You wouldn’t
think that would be such a big request, but it has, unfortunately!
Sure, putting medicine in my eye daily has been an
inconvenience, but that’s not it. It’s that I’ve considered myself to be a Humble Christian, but am I? Since I’ve been putting the medicine in my
eyes, they’ve been puffed up and I have bags under my eyes, as well. I hate to admit this, but I have gone from
putting the medicine in my eyes three times a day to once a day, because of how
they look when I do it more frequently.
Prior to this, I didn’t wear much makeup, but according to
my ophthalmologist, the eyeliner I used carried bacteria to my eyes, which
caused the sty. I had heard of mascara doing this, but never realized that eyeliner
could do the same thing. What I am just
realizing is that I am wasting a whole blog post on worldly things like makeup
and how I look. What a shame!
I thought that God showed me that what I looked like and
what size I am didn’t matter in God’s eyes, and it doesn’t! Did I take on those same values? I thought I
had, but obviously, I have a looooong way to go! I can’t wait until I’m healed enough to put
eyeliner on again. What shallow values I
have! I am so amazed and ashamed at the
same time! Instead of being thankful
that God is healing my eyes, I’ve been more focused on more worldly things like
beauty. Oh my! Fortunately for me, God
is patient and uses these blog posts to help me be open to letting Him make me
the Christian He wants me to be and He can do the same for you, too! Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman
that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:30.
Since
this is an example of the positive influence God has made on my walk
with Christ, this may not reflect the whole meaning of the Bible verses.
