If you'll remember, in my last blog I put in verses from second Corinthians the fourth chapter. Willard asked me the next day did I have any suggestions for a Sunday school lesson for him for the nursing home. I told him second Corinthians the fourth chapter. Willard has been studying all week on it. And this morning what was so odd was that Charles Stanley was preaching on second Corinthians chapter 4. So, we both felt very strongly, that it was indeed God's will. God performs his works in mysterious ways. And he made us Christians odd to the world. But I am very happy to be that odd person that the rest of the world just doesn't understand. You see I've never been one who wants to accumulate things of this world. I've never wanted that fine house, because to tell you true, I did not, and still do not want to have to do the work that goes along with keeping such a house. I did not want the expensive fine clothes, because to tell you the truth, I did not want to be careful not to spill or drip anything on them. After all I am a slob. Plus I did not want the dry-cleaning bills that come with such clothes.
You know, I've seen women that take a huge amount of time getting dressed, and putting on their makeup. They care more for what they look like to the world, than what they look like to God. Willard even says, if you scrape the makeup off of many women, and and then saw them on the street, you most likely would not recognize them. The most beautiful women to me are women with good hearts and giving natures. One woman, of many women that I know, is Susan Sanders. Susan had such a giving and loving heart. She doesn't wear the makeup or the fine clothes. She concerned herself with doing what God's will leads her to do. She's beautiful inside and out. Another wonderful person is Diane Jackson of which I've mentioned many times in my blogs. She is a wonderful, thoughtful, giving person. These women and many more that I know shine with the glow of Christ in them. It's a beauty that no kind of makeup or anything else of this world could give them.
They preach what second Corinthians 4:5 states..............
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
A real Christian, a spiritual feel Christian wants to be seen, not of themselves and how good they look. But Jesus who is in them.
The next time you're looking in the mirror getting ready to leave the house, remember this. Romans 2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
God doesn't care what you look like on the outside. God will be looking at your heart. Does your inside look as beautiful and your outside?
Until next time Willard and I wish you health and happiness, God bless and God save.