This Temporary Tent
If this body is a temporary "tent" for my spirit, then why do I spend so much time on it? Recently, my fretting has been over gaining weight and an ever increasing number of wrinkles, age spots, and thinning hair. I know it's all vanity, yet it preoccupies a lot of my time as well as money purchasing diet regimens and lotions and potions for finer skin and thicker hair.
I just want to throw up my hands in defeat as I lose the battle against the bulge and the blemishes. But then scripture speaks hope into my heart, reminding me that although my body may be wasting away, my spirit is maturing in preparation for the Lord's return or my return to the Lord, sans the effects of aging.
I just want to throw up my hands in defeat as I lose the battle against the bulge and the blemishes. But then scripture speaks hope into my heart, reminding me that although my body may be wasting away, my spirit is maturing in preparation for the Lord's return or my return to the Lord, sans the effects of aging.
2 Cor. 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
And I just ordered a wrinkle remover....now I feel guilty!!!! Haha.
ReplyDeleteI love my "Mary Kay"...it just feels so good plus its psychological. It will not reverse the signs of aging but at least I feel like I'm trying. I love my makeup, pretty clothes, and jewelry. But if my heart is not right, I feel ugly. Real beauty comes from within. And only Christ living in us, can do that. I am so unhappy with myself, when I compare myself to others and then I try to compensate with my appearance instead of thinking about whose I am....Christ is more concerned about who we are on the inside than the outward appearance which the secular world tries really hard to get us focused on. It is a battle for sure.
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