Botox...

Got Botox? A lot of people do. Very seldom do people get Botox for health reasons...most of the time it's to make them look better, and younger. Botulinum toxin type A is injected into the face to get rid of wrinkles (for a while). Botox is very expensive and has possible side effects, but that doesn't stop people from getting them. Appearance is SO important these days. People will do WHATEVER they think is necessary to make themselves look better.

Outward appearance is not a bad thing to think about. It IS important to a certain extent, but the real question is, "How do we look on the inside?" How much are willing to sacrifice to have a beautiful heart? Are we willing to inject ourselves with nothing but good, so that our heart reflects the love of Christ? What would that look like to you? Philippians 4:8 says, "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things." Let's take some "Botox for the soul" and inject ourselves with loving gentleness, merciful patience, caring interest in others, unselfish kindness, and unity of spirit that can beautify our lives. "Assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness."(Ephesians 4:21-24)Now, this is not something we can master all at once. Putting off our "old self" is something that we do continuously. Sin is our nature and one final act will not irradiate it forever. But every moment of the day, we must put off the old, and put on the new. (I will be talking more about this in an upcoming post. I have been reading up on sin and the nature of it....so check back in a couple of days.)

Looking for ways to look good? Search the Bible for character-building verses. Through prayer and the Spirit's empowering, inject the godly traits of those verses into your life. The side effects are all good.

Think not alone of outward form;
It's beauty will depart;
But cultivate the Spirit's fruits
That grow within the heart. -D. De Haan

Godly character is the best beauty treatment in the world!