Leah's Beauty

Genesis 29: 17 There was no sparkle in Leah’s eyes, but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a lovely face.

imagine this being what is in the bible about you... the bible.. read around the world.. for thousands and thousands of years... everyone in the world knows of the bible whether they read it or not.. and always when they speak of leah.. they speak about her lack of beauty....

what is that really about?? worse yet.. do we do that to people too?? do we look at someone and determine all that is wrong with them instead of searching out their good qualities? and if we do that... what would we feel if everyone did that to us... and maybe they really do...

not all of us are beautiful in the face.. not all of us have a beautiful body... but every one of us has the ability to be a beautiful person... and part of us being beautiful is to look for the good in someone else instead of only seeing what is not attractive... every one of us has qualities that make us unattractive too...

it should be our goal to find the beauty in a person.. every person.. instead of focusing on what is wrong with them...
leah was someone who was a good mother.. she was strong and dependable.. she relied on God above man.. she loved her husband despite the fact that he treated her badly and didn't even know that he loved her or needed her.. she continued to be a woman of God in spite of her circumstance.. that should be how people remember us.. as a woman of God "in spite of"....

Philippians 4: 7-9 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.8 And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9 Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me—everything you heard from me and saw me doing. Then the God of peace will be with you.

when the things of God are our focus.. peace will be the result... beauty will come from within us and make us loveable regardless of our appearance...

1 Peter 3: 3 Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. 4 You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. 5 This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They trusted God and accepted the authority of their husbands.

leah was beautiful in the eyes of God.. those are the eyes that really matter to me.. if I am beautiful to God.. in my spirit... then I am satisfied...