Your Inner Self

I recently took advantage of the offer for a free seven-day gym membership. As a people watcher I’m amazed at the number of people, men and women alike, who spend hours bodybuilding and then cover up their work with tattoos.  I overlook the chiseled features, powerful pecks, and bulging biceps and my eyes are drawn to undistinguishable designs and graphics that cover their arms, chest and legs. I’m reminded Peter’s charge to the women of his day, “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” (1 Peter 3:3-4 NIV).