I love to get pictures of my grand girls!
Recently Jayme sent me a series of pictures of Addie and her new set of toys. She was totally into playing with these toys she could use with her dolls and family members letting her imagination thrive.
“She plays with it every day when she gets home from pre-K,” Jayme said.
In the picture, Jayme was sitting on the couch and Addie, now 4, had a concentrated look on her face as she was combing her mama’s hair and “fixing” it!
Her new toys were all kinds of play hair dressing toys: a dryer, combs, brushes, pretend hair spray cans, clips, rollers and barrettes.
I remember playing with my Barbie dolls and “fixing” their hair and adding lipstick which stained the plastic faces and made the lips bigger and funny looking.
Have you thought about all the time and energy we spend on maintaining our hair and our looks?
In America, the hair care industry amounts to “13.44 billion dollars” (“Statista Market Forecast, www.statista.com.). The United States leads the world in spending on hair care with China following with “8.3 billion.” (Statista)
According to a survey “of more than 1,000 Americans, it was revealed, on average, adults spend $722 every year on their appearance (per advdermatology.com).
We can understand why we see so many advertisements of products to make us better, more beautiful, thicken our hair or regrow our hair, fix wrinkles and give us that youthful glow.
Products to make us look better on the outside.
What about the inside?
The Bible tells us in 1 Peter 3:3-4, “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfolding beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.”
Don’t get me wrong. I try to look my best. But let’s face it. We all age, we all change and we don’t need to get totally hung up on trying to stop the effect of the years we live!
Proverbs 31:30 teaches us, “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”
Invest in your relationship with your Savior, Jesus Christ, abiding in Him, following His will and obeying His commands. God doesn’t look at our hair style or wrinkles, He looks at our heart (I Samuel 16:7). He looks at our character and spirit and our faith in Christ.
We are all beautiful because we are created in the image of God.
Godly beauty is about purity, holiness and righteousness.
Psalm 139:14a says, “I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully. made...”
You can’t find that in a bottle or cream.
