Like all gifts, beauty or talent can be a curse when we start taking pride in it and stop giving thanks for it.

“Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.” Prov.31 Everything in life finds its greatest value when it deepens our love for God. This also means that everything loses its value when it does not. Indeed, to love the gift rather than the giver of the gift is a terrible perversion. Beauty or talent are never meant to be shown off but to shine forth the glory that bestowed them. A person can know they are talented or beautiful and be humble about it when they give thanks for these qualities rather than take silly pride in them. Conversations Within ts 9/14/2012 (Jax, FL)