THE GODLY USE DISCRETION (11:22–23): Discretion is more important than beauty.
“The godly can look forward to happiness, while the wicked can expect only wrath.”
22 A
beautiful woman without good sense is like a gold ring in a pig’s nose.
23 What
good people want brings more good. What evil people want brings more trouble.
A gold ring in a pigs nose is quite
the visual. Solomon captures such an
essence of the vulgarity of a beautiful woman with no sense. This is truly a juxtaposition, as she can not
claim “beauty” unless her character and integrity line up with God’s plumb line
of righteousness. So many pop stars now
are this image of a pig with a ring in its nose. Beautiful they stand before us, with
vulgarity spilling from their lips, obscene gestures, scantily clad ---and
their beauty slips into this type of…revulsion.
Beauty is a reflection of what lives in the garden of one’s heart.
As
our Wisdom and Prudence lead us, we are guided into the light of His ways. We
house the eternal possibilities of our God within us. We house His identity and His authority. We get to look forward to happiness, or
Joy. Happiness is reliant on luck or
circumstance – JOY is ours through our Lord.
If
you are not in relationship with my Jesus, I would love to talk to you about
it. He is the butter on my corn and the
sugar in my coffee. He takes the mundane
things of life and He makes them,far sweeter because of His presence. I would love for you to meet Him!!
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