Appearance

My two sons and I walked into the restaurant just before closing time. We had been in the woods for a couple of days, were three days unshaven, dirty, caps pulled low over greasy hair, and looking, for all the world, a bit scary. Actually, it was the folks in the cafe' who looked scared.

As we sat to eat, I mused, "how would they look at us if we came in dressed for work instead of three days deep into our "vacation?" One son manages a premier restaurant in Dallas, and always wears expensive suits. One son is a National Director for a major IT company, and even his "grubbies" are expensive. I've been known to wear some great duds as well, so we would have appeared quite differently.

Do we make judgements about people by the way they look? Yes! And God always looks at our heart. What does He see there? Is it that which is beautiful in His site, or would He be justified in being a bit afraid? Hearts need to be clothed in the light of Truth!