What is Beauty?

What is beauty? Is it in the clothes we wear, the way we behave, or in the things we do?

I say no. Beauty is of a meek and quiet spirit, honoring the Lord, in spirit and in truth. Beauty is like that of the Virtuous Woman in Proverbs. Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but the woman WHO FEARS THE LORD, she shall be praised. Beauty is not of the flesh, but of the spirit.

Here is what two dictionarys say about the word beauty!

Main Entry: beau·ty
Pronunciation: \ˈbyü-tē\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural beauties
Etymology: Middle English beaute, bealte, from Anglo-French, from bel, beau beautiful, from Latin bellus pretty; akin to Latin bonus good — more at bounty
Date: 14th century
1: the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit : loveliness
2: a beautiful person or thing; especially : a beautiful woman
3: a particularly graceful, ornamental, or excellent quality
4: a brilliant, extreme, or egregious example or instance

beauty
One entry found.
beauty[noun]

Entry Word: beauty
Function: noun
Text:
1 the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses
Synonymsattractiveness, beauteousness, comeliness, cuteness, fairness, gorgeousness, handsomeness, looks, loveliness, prettiness

Related Words:allure, appeal, attraction, glamour (also glamor); charm, elegance, exquisiteness, flawlessness, gloriousness, perfection, radiance, resplendence; desirability, desirableness

Near Antonyms: dreadfulness, foulness, ghastliness, grotesqueness, hideousness, loathsomeness, nastiness, offensiveness, repellency, repulsiveness, unattractiveness; blemish, flaw, imperfection

Antonyms:homeliness, plainness, ugliness, unsightliness

2 a lovely woman
Synonym:seyeful, goddess, knockout, stunner

Related Words:belle, charmer, honey

Near Antonym:shag, horror, witch

3 something very good of its kind — see jim-dandy

And here is the Hebrew reference for Beauty!

H8597
תּפארת תּפארה
tiph'ârâh tiph'ereth
tif-aw-raw', tif-eh'-reth
From H6286; ornament (abstractly or concretely, literally or figuratively): - beauty (-iful), bravery, comely, fair, glory (-ious), honour, majesty.

Here are some verses that talk about beauty, and some of it's disadvantages and advantages.

Psa 39:11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity.

Psa 45:11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.

Psa 96:9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

Isa 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

1Pe 3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

1Pe 3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

So, I hope this has helped you a little about the beauty of our souls, and since we are to be imitaters of CHrist, we reflect his beauty. Amen!

Until next time,
Laura H.

Recipe Renegade

Hey sisters,
I have put together a recipe blog, for those of you who want to find some really good recipes. I will post recipes on this blog, once a day. Whatever recipe falls into my hands, I will put on this blog, for you to copy, paste, and print. This is not part of the recipe book I am doing. I inherited a whole lot of recipes from an older "adopted" grandmother, who wanted to get rid of them. So, I have some old antique recipes that I thought I could share with you. So, keep this in mind, as you are looking for something to cook for dinner.

Click on the link below, to find recipes!
http://reciperenegade.blogspot.com/

The Recipe Renegade, Aka, Laura

A Mayden is... Beautiful!

Greetings to all of you! This month we are writing about a subject many of us misinterpret. SOme of us have to think that we are beautiful because of our looks. Well, we can be beautiful in other things. Serving the family, spending time with others, and keeping your attitude pure, and positive. These are some of the attributes. If you have a subject within this subject, please don't hesitate to write it out.

If you would like to join the Mayden Fair team, please send me your name and email, and I will put you on here. I would like to get more members writing.

If you would like to just write one article, and not become a member, please send them to me, and I will post them for you. Send them to me at:

lmh4him(at)hotmail(dot)com (Replace the (at) with@ and the (dot) with . )
lmh4him(at)olypen(dot)com

Until next time,
In Christ alone,
Laura H. Administrator

The Inheritance TV 1997

At the lush Evenswood estate in Concord, Massechusetts, Edith Adelon(Cari Shayne), a beautiful orphan lives as a paid companion to the daughter of the wealthy Hamilton Family, although they regard her as one of their own. Years ago, Henry Hamilton(Tom Conti) saved Edith from an Italian orphanage at the request of his long deceased brother. Now Edith is his daughter Amy's(Brigitta Dau) prized friend and confidante. And the Hamiltons await a trio of visitors for the annual Greens Cup horse race, Beatrice Hamilton(Meredith Baxter)asks for Edith's help in finding a suitable husband for a cousin, Ida Glenshaw(Brigid Walsh Brannagh), With one of the two visting eligable bachelors. But when it becomes clear the both the young men have affection for Edith and not Ida, jealousy soon developes, leaing to amilcious conniving and brutal backstabbing. Despite the growing love between Edith and one of the young suitors, because of their conflict social classes, the couple is reminded time and again that their love can never be.

The Inheritance is a story that centers onan innocent young woman's struggle to make sense of her position within the Hamilton household, and in society, and the love she feels for her patrons, as well as for a young man she can never marry.

You have to watch the movie to find out what happens in the end. I guaranty you will be pleased with it!

Check it out!

Laura Hines

A Mayden Is.... Clean!

Ok, this month, we are going to focus on A Mayden Is... Clean! Yeah, not only in body, but in mind, and in soul! So, if any of you, have any subjects you want to write about, on this subject, please, let me know!

Our Cookbook is here(well, almost)

It's Here! The Cookbook of the Maydens! "The Always Incomplete Recipe Book"Yes, we are putting together our family favorite recipes, and compiling them in one cookbook for you. It will be made available, in hard copy. I haven't figured out yet, how to put things online electronically, but as soon as it is available online, I will let you know.

This cookbook will be available after the 1st of March, so if you have any recipes to contribute to it, before that date, I will put them in.

Oh, the recipe book will cost $11.00, including shipping. Yeah, I know, the shipping costs alot!

New Article!

Just to let you all know, I have been writing some natural healing articles for my newest blog, Stay at Home Daughter-So Much More! This month, I wrote a little about Echinacea, the flu fighter. It is an interesting article!
The link to the blog is: http://stayathomedaugther.blogspot.com/
Please take a look at it!
Laura H