Inner Beauty

Two fairly well-to-do women spent an afternoon at the local mall searching for "the perfect outfit." The following day was to be a special event and the two women wanted to look especially attractive. The two had their nails polished to a fine brilliance, hair done by a well-known stylist, selected a fragrant perfume, and tried on outfits. While in the dressing room of a fashionable department store, the two women made certain their every need was catered to by the store assistants. "This outfit is much too small!" yelled the first women as she threw her garment at the store assistant. "Go get me a another one now!" she ordered. The second woman chimed in, "You fool! You brought me the blue dress! I told you I look horrid in blue!" For the next hour, the two women tried on many glittery outfits as they verbally abused and insulted the assistants whose job was to assist "special" customers. By the time the women finally selected appropriate outfits, the assistants felt drained and were glad to see the two women go. "Have you ever seen such ugly women?" ask the assistant to the other. "What do you mean?" asked the other, looking puzzled, "Those women were very attractive." "Attractive on the outside yes, but on the inside, they were ugly as sin!" answered the assistant as she gathered up the dresses which were strewn all over the dressing room floor. If only the women in this story would spend as much attention on their inner being, as on their outer appearance. Often, we spend too much time and money on things that God does not even care about. What He is concerned with, though, is if we neglect to beautify our inner being with the truth and lights which cannot be bought in a store. What do you see when you look in the mirror?

-elbourne.org