Incorruptible Beauty vs Cosmetics

Like other essays I’ve written, this started out as a letter to a pastor regarding the Bible and theology. In this case, I write on the modesty and simplicity of the Christian life, and how it clashes completely with cultural practices like wearing make-up or jewelry, dying hair, and surgically altering the body. I end with a reminder of what the godly Christian woman does with her mornings, rather than staring at the mirror and covering her face.
Christian modesty is rooted explicitly in 1 Peter 3:3-6 and 1 Timothy 2:9-10, as well as in the humility and simplicity we are taught to have. Our respect for how God made our body, and rejection of altering our body, is also rooted in natural law from Genesis creation and Romans 1.
The Christian woman is adorned with her heart, and the Holy Spirit. She doesn’t need make-up on her face any more than she needs spray paint. She is a beautiful woman because God made her that way.
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AMEN!

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Thank you for speaking the truth.

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My pleasure, sister. Bless you. I long to see the brethren in Christ loving Him and leading life for His glory. The domain of appearance can never be separated from that.