Imperishable Beauty

Matthew 6:24-34:

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”

Father, God, how hard to hand every worry over to You. How tempting it is to try to control the circumstances and work things out myself. But I know that you are Sovereign and that You will provide for every need. Help my heart to rest in You, without worry, or doubt, or fear. Enable me to trust You completely, and not place any thing in my life above You by giving it more credit and attention that it is worth. Regardless of my circumstances or their outcomes, may I ever praise You. You are Jehovah-Jireh, our Provider. Amen.

One of the things God has been proving lately is how faithful He is. Always! He always carries us through, He always provides, He always sustains. When the way seems impossible, when the world gives us nothing, when we can’t see the way out, when we have nowhere left to go - we always have God.

Lamentations 3:21-26 Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.

I am so thankful that God is faithful and true. I am so thankful that He always keeps his promises and takes care of His own. God is so good.

Thankful Thursday hosted by Sting My Heart.

Welcome to the new and improved Imperishable Beauty website! I make jewelry (and maybe later other items as well) that represent scripture verses filled with wisdom for our little girls - verses about beauty, love, patience, gentleness, and their identity in Christ. I’m gearing up to start selling with Etsy and with this “new beginning” of a sort, it felt like a change was needed.

Over the next days and weeks, I’ll be filling out my little space here and making it home. For now, I leave you with the inspirational scripture for my business name:

1 Peter 3: 3-5 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. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to make themselves beautiful.

I realize that this passage is about wives specifically, but as mothers we are to teach our daughters the same things, training them up in the word. God willing, they too will be wives one day.