External
Adornment
This
morning I was gazing at my neighbor’s home all decorated for Spring. Every
holiday the yard and porch are decorated to the hilt with beautiful
decorations. Now none of this is bad, I
truly enjoy her spirit of celebration.
Actually in that respect she puts me to shame. I often think I should make more effort to
adorn my home for these holidays but never seem to. I have much to learn from her in that respect.
I wonder how many times do I spend all of my efforts on my body and leave the
soul unadorned. The more I ponder these
thoughts the more convicted I become of the need to adorn my soul with Jesus. Often my soul is barren and I fill myself
with things that do not feed it but occupy my time. We often neglect our soul and tend our bodies
with vitamins, exercise and things that build it up while our bible sits
silently on the table. I ask you Lord to
bring conviction to my spirit when I spend more time adorning the outside of
myself and leave the inner man void of the fullness of Your spirit. How I desire to be more and more like Jesus
and less and less like the world. Thank
you Jesus for putting that hunger in my heart.
I Peter
3:3-4
And let not
your adornment be external only – braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry,
and putting on dresses; but let it be the hidden person of the heart,with the
imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the
sight of God.
