{"id":3056,"date":"2017-06-09T09:37:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T13:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etheriedge.wordpress.com\/2017\/06\/09\/beautiful-ugly\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T17:18:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T22:18:53","slug":"beautiful-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/09\/beautiful-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is true beauty? Flawless perfection? Honest truth? Beloved memories? The Bible reminds us good-looks are only short lived… although Abraham’s wife seemed to hold hers a long time! The\u00a0fear of God <\/b>is forever gorgeous<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The older I get, the more I’m banking on that one!\u00a0<\/p>\n

My husband showed up at a time in my life when I was literally plagued with “the uglies.”<\/i> He was completely baffled by my desperate grasps at a sickly beauty. His admiration of God’s handiwork <\/b>in me, made me ashamed of my vain disregard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the years he further opened my eyes to appreciation of scars, tiny wrinkles, and those few grey hairs. They’re “God-markers” of intervention, provision, even reward. They show we were indeed created in our Savior… Ephesians 2:10<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

On one of my resent morning excursions, I passed a windy, wet, wild side of this island we visit. The cliffs had strange holes and shapes\u00a0telling a story of years and years of wear and tear.\u00a0
Savage beauty of a hard substance beaten and buffeted by water and wind.<\/p>\n

We all <\/i>become become worn and weathered. Yet those results seen through grace can be beautiful. Each little mark tells a story of God’s loving care… especially around the eyes from laughing and crying.<\/p>\n

That’s true beauty<\/p>\n

ForGlorySake! –<\/b>Anna<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n

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What is true beauty? Flawless perfection? Honest truth? Beloved memories? The Bible reminds us good-looks are only short lived… although Abraham’s wife seemed to hold hers a long time! The\u00a0fear of God is forever gorgeous. The older I get, the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1420,8],"tags":[1445,725],"class_list":["post-3056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","category-practical-life","tag-ephesians-210","tag-seeing-with-gods-eyes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paUt4s-Ni","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3056"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5842,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3056\/revisions\/5842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forglorysake.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}