Beauty: Beautify your heart
One of the most offensive bible verses for many of you has been 1 Peter 3:1-6, but what if we've just been reading it through a distorted lens, troubled by our own painful experiences, and the murk of sin? What if there is a true gem hidden within here, a secret that reveals the root causes for the kind of beauty that had preserved Sarah's beauty into her old age? This episode explores this scripture and unpacks what the writer is truly saying. We are going to take a look at three major factors of beauty: purity, a life lived in reverence, and the behavior that flows out of that. I think we have misread "quiet & gentle spirit" as "quiet & gentle personality", but these virtues are held in contrast to fear. We are told, in regards to Sarah, "You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to FEAR". A quiet and gentle spirit is the fruit of a heart at peace, a heart that is free from fear, hatred, bitterness, etc. This charge from Peter is not that you shut yourself down at all... this is a charge to live a life of boldness and purity in the things of the Lord. And these each contribute to a firm foundation for a kind of beauty that lasts, attracts others to the Lord, and leave you living alive, free & prosperous within! Enjoy this week's talk, for more, go to www.sistertalk.info xx