Inspirational
Beautiful Forever
For me, the ultimate magicians on this planet are make-up artists. They can make any ordinary-looking woman extraordinarily beautiful. They can vanish crow’s feet, wrinkles, skin blemishes, misshapen eyebrows, and pug noses right before your eyes.
When I was still in advertising, I saw how make-up artists performed their magic. During a TV commercial shoot, they would work on the faces of our on-camera talents. In an hour or so, these talents would look like a million bucks!
After the shoot, just a few hours later when everyone had changed back to casual clothes and washed their faces—well, the magic went poof. That’s how temporary make-up is. No wonder many celebrities lug magicians wherever they go!
Paul said in 2 Corinthians 4:18:
He wanted the people of Corinth to avoid focusing on the external, which is temporary. When we focus on life in eternity, we can better accept skin blemishes and facial imperfections. Wrinkles, sagging jowls, and pock marks, which often cause aging women to panic, do not matter in eternity.
Beyond sorrows on earth are the joys in heaven. Insecurities about one’s physical imperfections and signs of aging will end; because in heaven, these anxieties are vanished. With God, everything and anything is beautiful—forever!
Lord, help me realize that physical imperfections do not make me less of a person. Help me see myself through Your eyes. And please make me look forward to the awesome beauty of forever. Amen.
(The above devo is an excerpt from “Grace Found Me,” a recipient of the 2012 Gintong Aklat [Golden Book] Award, Inspirational Category, from the Book Development Association of the Philippines.)
