Shalom! I hope you have enjoyed this wonderful Saturday. It has been a beautiful yet cool day here and I had to work, but tomorrow is a day of rest! I do hope that you are going to the House of the Lord to worship, praise and learn as much about Him as you can.
As I returned home from work today, my husband and I took a walk around the outside of the house to look at the flowers and plants that were either blooming or beginning to bud. Tulips abloom and trees beginning to leave - the beauty of HASHEM'S world!!!! What about your beauty? Have you begun to realize the beauty in you and what that entails? Have you come to terms with the fact that you ARE beautiful? Do you understand what beauty is? If so, we need to deal with something now, before it goes too far - humility.
All of us must understand where we are in the grand scheme, but having an understanding of our beauty can be a dangerous thing unless we also have a grasp on humility. When we believe we are beautiful we can easily begin to become haughty or prideful. Remembering the source of your beauty is essential. Never neglect to give HASHEM the glory for your beauty with each compliment in regard to it.
On the opposite end of the spectrum is refusing to see our beauty and downplaying that beauty when others recognize it within or without us. When someone compliments our beauty, we should always accept that compliment. As we accept it we do it, not as a compliment to us, but as a compliment to the One who made the beauty in us. As we accept that compliment we should say, "Thank you for noticing my God within me".
How do you react to compliments about your beauty? Do you downplay them, gloat or accept them with humility? Hod of Tiferet - Humility of Beauty! Knowing where your true beauty is from.
Shalom!
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