ROSE OF THE LILY

A REFLECTION ON BEAUTY
Beauty is a cherished gift from God to this broken world. It gives us a glimpse into the mind of the Creator and reveals His tenderness. In a unique way, beauty belongs to women. Is it a mistake to value beauty in a woman? I say no! in His affection for His daughters, God bestowed on woman the gift of beauty and equipped us to perpetuate beauty. A woman would rather be incredibly beautiful to her man, a woman wants to be desired and prized by her husband as the most beautiful woman he knows.
For beauty, it is the domain of women, beauty belongs to women. Men and women can be smart, capable, industrious, talented, clever, etc. but only women are beautiful. Men are to be handsome, strong, noble, charming, warrior-protectors, but they’re not beautiful. That is God’s gift to women; it’s not a coincidence that GOD CHOSE WOMEN TO BE CO-CREATOR of life with Him because life is so beautiful. It is further proof of God’s tenderness and affection for us; it is evidence that we occupy a honouerd place in his creative heart. He bestowed on us his daughters the gift of beauty and equipped us to perpetuate beauty.
 Beauty is a cherished gift from God to this broken world.  It gives us a glimpse into the mind of the Creator and reveals His tenderness. in a unique way, beauty belongs to women.   
I feel so sad whenever I see so many women in our culture behaving so crudely. Women seem to be losing all gentility and grace, choosing instead to be crass, vulgar, immodest, and unkempt. A man behaving badly is boorish, perhaps even savage. A woman behaving badly is just plain ugly. They are profaning the glorious gift of beauty God gave them. A flower should never be covered in dung.
When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, goodness, the more a man  has to aspire to be worthy of her. The delicate and tender characteristics of femininity are what makes a woman beautiful, as well as her heart. You could say character is the stem on which beauty blooms. Yet we shouldn’t discount the value of a lovely appearance, either. There is nothing wrong with enjoying the rose of the lily.
The Psalmist reminds us that physical beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord shall be praised, the Lord makes a woman’s heart become ever more beautiful with time and that beauty will never be hidden and will never fade away. The beauty we should carefully cultivate is a beautiful soul.
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

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