Become a Woman of Countenance
Become a woman of a beautiful countenance
Beautiful is a word that has been used to uplift women when said from a good heart and also used to manipulate women when used from a deceitful heart. I sat next to a little girl at the saloon whose hair was being braided. I watched her as she smiled in the mirror. The peaceful, content heart was reflected through her smile. There were a couple of women who were also either having their hair braided or plaited or styled in different ways. It crossed my mind that beauty means different things to different people. However to be a woman of beautiful countenance means much more than having the best hair style in town.
Many women felt beautiful growing up until they met a man or woman who made them believe otherwise. Unlike many women, Sarah had a husband who acknowledged her beauty. Genesis 12: 11 “And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt that he said to Sarah his wife” Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance.” I have had an opportunity to speak to several women whose self- esteem was destroyed because their Abraham looked at them and despite how good their hearts were, told them they were not beautiful. They looked in the mirror and believed the man’s words more than they believed what they perceived about themselves. Some women had their husbands cheat on them, and they believed the other woman was chosen because she was more beautiful, and it destroyed their self-esteem.
Whose report are you going to believe? Our desire to grow beautiful can manifest when we have an elegant countenance because that comes from within. Strangely inner beauty becomes outer beauty, and this beauty is everlasting. It goes beyond powerful make-up. As women we must be as deliberate to work on our inner beauty as much as we work on our outer beauty. A woman who knows her worth because she is created in the image of God will not lose her self -esteem because a husband has cheated on her. In my book “The King’s dream for His daughter” I state, “Women who are working through their hurt feelings due to their husband cheating on them, should not make the women their husband cheated on, more important than they are or should be in their own mind. In most cases she just happened to be at the place your husband was at looking to have an affair. He might not have been looking for that particular individual.” Being cheated on can lead to bitterness, doubting one’s intrinsic value and thinking one can never become a woman of beautiful countenance.
Anyone can become a woman of beautiful countenance despite how life has treated them. Ecclesiastes 8:1 states, “A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the sternness of his face is changed.” If you are a woman of wisdom, to become a woman of beautiful countenance you need to guard your heart with all diligence. Guarding your heart means you have wisdom to select who speaks into your life and does not. Guarding your heart means if there is a report you have believed about who you are which is contrary to what God says, you must replace it with God’s report about your life. Ezekiel 36:25-27 states,” Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all filthiness from your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you. I will take the heart of a stone and give you a heart of flesh. I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes and you will keep my judgements and do them.”
Allow God to heal you and restore the beauty you felt when you were a little girl before you believed any report that is contrary to who God wants you to be. Outer beauty is good but is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord she shall be praised.Website:www.tafadzwamazibukospeaks.co.za
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