In Sobriety

Warning. This post is straightforward. It is short. It doesn’t take arguments. It is a simple testimony. My perspective.

Simplicity. The reason why I don’t fancy over make-ups, hair makeovers, outfits, shoes, and everything the world has been trying to put a woman’s confidence upon is simple- I want a heart change more than a physical transformation.

I believe who I am in the Lord’s eyes is what matters-a view rooted in experience. Whenever I am confident with my relationship with the Lord, I am content. I am established. I am secured. My identity, my worth,  is built upon Christ- my Savior, my best friend, the One I desire to please.

Outside beauty is only a veil to a shattered confidence inside. It is because the heart is not right with God, because it is not secured in the Lord, that many try to cover the brokenness with outside wholeness-a veneer to cover insecurity that roots from not having that intimate relationship with Jesus.

1Tim 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;