So What's Wrong With Looking Your Best?
             Today in this fast paced society, one tries to look their very best. With this thinking one sometimes goes overboard with the idea. Today the human race has all these ways to improve ones self: lift this, tuck that, and tighten there. One is forgetting who made them, and God takes great joy in His work. There are three scriptures that back this theory, and the three scriptures are: 1 Peter 3:3-4, 1 Sam. 16:7, and Ps. 139:13-14.
             In 1 Peter 3:3-4 says, "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." Here this scripture is telling one that they should not try to improve ones self. One doesn't need to buy the named brand clothing to "fit in." They don't need to fix their hair like the movie stars on the screen. This is not saying that one is not supposed to look nice and presentable. It is saying that this should not consume their life; one's life has to be more than looks. This has taken over many lives, always trying to look perfect. In fact the more one does it, the more one looks plastic and fake.
             In 1 Sam. 16:7 it says, "But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." In this scripture it tells one that God does not look on the outward but on the heart. When they were picking a new king, Samuel wanted this one person, probably because he looked the best and probably seemed the one for the job. God told him not to pick him because of his height or his appearance, because God had rejected him. Then one learns a valuable lesson f...