Written
by Uyoyou Christiana Charles-Iyoha
Confidence
Boosters/Beauty Secrets
The secret of a wonderful woman’s beauty, youthfulness is that she is always happy and because she is always happy, she radiates inner peace, joy and happiness which translates into youthfulness and beauty. I noticed this in the life of a woman I have known for more than thirty years.
I
also noticed that she always glows from within, again, a function of the peace
of God which she always chooses to radiate; irrespective of what the circumstances
are. Surprisingly, I know quite a lot about her; her philandering husband who
does not even bother to hide his indiscretion; the fact that she has only one
biological child in a country where having dozens of children is a criteria for
a community award and a goat slaughtering party for the woman concerned. Yet,
this woman is always full of wide brimmed smiles and compassion for other
people. She is always happy because she chose to focus on God and not the circumstances.
Despite her age, there are no furrows or wrinkles.
Beloved,
you can also glow from within if you always radiate the peace, joy and
happiness of God for that is what translates into youthfulness and beauty.
Sarah,
the wife of the biblical patriarch Abraham and mother of Isaac was described as
beautiful because she had a clam and quiet spirit. The gentle and quite spirit
was a result of her trust in God and the Apostle Peter refers to this beauty as
incorruptible beauty. It cannot be tainted by anything. Please read 1st
Peter Chapter 2 verses 1 to 6, Genesis Chapter 12 verses 11 to 15.
Abigail, the wife of Nabal is described as a woman of beautiful appearance. She was naturally, physically beautiful so she did not need all the extra beauty aids that women often need to make themselves beautiful. But her real beauty goes beyond the external beauty as the Bible describes her as a woman of good understanding, a virtue which saved her and her household from imminent destruction. Please read 1st Samuel Chapter 25 for details. Her great communication skills also saved the day.
Abigail had excellent communication skills borne out of the
good understanding that she had. This is reflected in her response immediately
a servant informed her of what her husband had done. Significantly, it was not
Abigail’s beauty that saved the day. It was her excellent communication skills
borne out of good understanding. The
Bible records that she made haste and took provisions to David and his men. As
if that was not enough, she quickly dismounted from her donkey, fell on her
face before David, bowed to the ground, took on the blame for Nabal’s unguarded
speech, apologized profusely and asked for forgiveness for herself and her
entire household.
Was David’s anger assuaged? To say the least, he was
overwhelmed and thanked God for sending Abigail his way to keep him from
bloodshed and avenging himself. Thereafter, he received the provisions from her
and Abigail returned home. Unfortunately, Nabal died ten days after and when
David heard about Nabal’s death, he thanked God again. But he did something
that further enhanced Abigail’s brand – he proposed marriage to her and Abigail
agreed to marry the future king of Israel, therefore raising her status from
being the wife and widow of wealthy but churlish Nabal to the wife of King
David. Abigail’s excellent communication skills, a function of her good
understanding coupled with her wisdom facilitated her brand enhancement as wife
of King David.
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