Proverbs 31:30 (Not Just A Girl's Verse)

“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.”

This post is going to be broken into two audiences.

Fellas:
I just want to share with you how real this verse is. If you write this off as, “Oh, that’s just one of those verses all the Christian girls I know like…” and don’t give it a second thought, then I’d encourage you to study it. If it is one thing I have experienced, it is this: “beauty” and charm are a dime a dozen. So, there has to be that “other” factor. Because if everyone is beautiful and charming, what makes someone worth giving any recognition to? A woman who follows the Lord, and knows what is worthy and good in life is rare. If the purpose of being married is to be glorifying Christ, then it only makes sense to want to be with someone who is seeking Him, and wants to encourage you to do the same. I’ll end this with one last thing; wait on Him, and seek Him more, and you will see what He finds beautiful.

Ladies:
I know you have heard this verse (probably a million times). But don’t become calloused to it. It is true! If a girl’s heart is caught up in Jesus, then I’d say the transitive property would prove that if Jesus is attractive, then so is the girl is who is caught up in Jesus. Make sense? As with the rest of the Bible, this verse is really important, and be encouraged knowing it is true. And all I have to say is, keep seeking Him, and keep following. Because Jesus is beautiful. And He makes all of His followers beautiful.

I had learned this awhile ago, but I never put it in a blog. I learned by experience, spending time with Jesus, and His Word.

The HS

The HS. The Holy Ghost. The Spirit. I have become so fascinated by the Holy Spirit. The very fact that Jesus Christ lives inside of us amazes me. If there is any way to explain that properly, I think every believer fails at it. I mean, how awesome is our God to come into our lives? Literally.
Here is one passage from Luke that really amazed me:

"Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”
-Luke 17:20-21(New King James Version)

A Sufjan Stevens line:

“You gave Your Ghost,
To be alone with me”
-from “To Be Alone With You” (Seven Swans)

Another verse:

“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”
-John 14:16-17 (New International Version, ©2010)

I am just amazed by the Joy, Peace, Hope, Confidence, Comfort, Love we gain from Christ. Thanks be to the Holy Spirit.

Jesus,
I want to worship everyday in Your presence. I pray Your Spirit would fall on me heavier each time, and I pray that I can see Your face more each time I pray. I praise You for not only dying for my sin, resurrecting for me to have a relationship with You, but also for giving me Your Holy Spirit to feel and experience You.

And, I have to add a John Mark McMillan quote to end this post…

“Make my chest a place where Your Heart can rest”
- from “Who Can See”