Beauty
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Proverbs 31:30 KJV – “Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.”
When I was young
I yearned to be beautiful
I worked and I worked
On my makeup and hair
Yearning for the beauty
That would make me
Someone worthy, worthwhile
Someone who could smile
As time took its toll
And I began to grow old
There were changes
To my heart and soul
Changes in what I loved
Changes in what I wanted
Changes that brought me
Assurance that I was
A heart filled with true love
Love inspired by God
The One who I knew as guide
The One who I knew
Made me worthy, worthwhile
During those years
Of growing into my spirit
I learned what it meant, giving from
A place of kindness, feeling
From the soul where I know
God is alive and in control
I was afraid sometimes
And I didn’t know grace
All the time… sometimes
I was living in the darkness
And pain and worry haunted me
But, with time, and as my heart
Found delight in the Lord
I realized that when I was young
My heart had been caught up in
Things that didn’t really matter
True beauty, I finally knew
Came from a heart that was true
To the Creator who would inspire
Hope, faith, love, peace and joy
Poured from the depths of a soul
Who knew Him as Savior
And gave Him her entire life
To do with as He would
Bringing assurance that she was
A woman who feared the Lord
And one who would always know
His love was the answer to her hope
For a joy that would assuredly put a glow
On, not only her face, but across her
Life, her heart and her spirit
Across the soul who made her
His daughter, His child, His blessed believer!
Copyright © Regina Mcintosh | Year Posted 2022
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