Mortals look on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looks on the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7
Israel wanted a king. Who was their first? Saul, literally the tallest, handsomest man in the land.
When Samuel – at God’s beckoning -- was sent to anoint the next king, he went to the tallest (and oldest) of Jesse’s sons. It wasn’t the tallest and oldest. The next tallest and next oldest? It wasn’t him either. It was the little guy … David … the youngest brother … the ruddy shepherd-kid who’d just come in from fields.
Samuel was surprised. But God taught him – and us – an important principal: Mortals look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
Today – the day after Thanksgiving – if God looked on my outward appearance, he’d have more of me to love (about four-and-a-half pounds more). Thankfully, that’s not how he judges my worth. Other than super-models, most of us are glad that God looks upon the heart.
Yesterday, we took a moment to stop and give thanks. When those moments of thanksgiving are ever-more-present in our hearts, we’ll be more beautiful in God’s eyes … because we’ve learned to see him more beautiful through our eyes.
In Christ’s Love,
a guy who’s hunting Christmas trees,
making Chex Party Mix
and watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” today
(I’m thankful for that!!!)
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