Ugly Isn’t For Sissies (standard:humor, 908 words)
Author: Godspenman	Added: Feb 05 2023	Views/Reads: 520/326	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
God does not judge me by my outward appearance, but by my heart. If my heart isn’t right with God nothing else really matters.

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After looking at it for a few moments, I sat back in my chair and sighed
deeply. “So, I am an old man.” 

“Well, my dear, you're not young anymore.” 

I stared at her for a few moments and then said, “Tell me, why do you
look so good, and I look so old?” 

“Because you're not looking in my bathroom mirror.” 

“Maybe,” I said, “we could change bathroom mirrors?” 

She started laughing and a few moments later, I joined her in laughing. 

This was the first time I ever seriously looked at myself. 

In the morning, when I go to the bathroom to comb my hair, shave, and
brush my teeth, I ignore what's in the mirror. Maybe I ought to. 

Thinking about this for a bit, I had a thought. Does it really matter
how old a person looks? After all the only cure for not getting old is 
dying. 

I've noted lately that some of these Hollywood stars get facelifts,
tummy tucks, and all sorts of changes to their body. I wonder if they 
do that for themselves or for the public that's looking? 

Does it really matter how a person looks? 

I believe the next time I'm in my bathroom, I'm going to have a little
chat with that old guy in the mirror. I will say, “I don't care how old 
you look. You don't scare me.”  I had to rehearse that line a dozen 
times to get it right. I'm not sure I can trust that old guy in the 
mirror. 

Of course, one of the great benefits is that I don't have to see how I
look throughout the day. The people on the other side of my glasses 
have that to handle. 

I have learned to appreciate what God said to Samuel in, 1 Samuel 16:7,
“But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the 
height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth 
not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the 
Lord looketh on the heart.” 

God does not judge me by my outward appearance, but by my heart. If my
heart isn't right with God nothing else really matters.


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