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1 Samuel 16:7

"But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature... For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”"


God is beautiful and magnificent and the most pure being of all living things. He is worthy of all our adoration, and worthy of your whole life and entire being. He takes the human heart of a person and makes it whole again. He daily reminds the human heart of it's value, beauty, worth and purpose. God sees life and people differently than we do. He is more in touch with what is real than any down to earth person you or I have ever met. He is perfectly pure in His vision and love of people.

Unfortunately, all the people on the earth walking around see other people from the outside: How pretty the person is; How fit they are; how good their hair is or how popular they seem to be. If we're honest, we are all messed up in our view of people. We size a person by their "look" or how well their exterior matches ours, we sometimes lose sight of what is real.

Our consolation is that our sweet, unseen King looks inside of our bodies and straight into our hearts. He looks inside, beyond our skin and into the deep part of our hearts and souls, the part that is real and honest. We flawed and shallow humans look at the outside of other humans and, Praise Him, our God looks at the human heart inside. He sees beyond the insecure, the ugly, the hard to love, the bad language, the mean and straight to the state of their hearts.

And it's a comforting thought to know that He really really knows us, and also a challenge for us to see and love others that way. But what's scary is when we realize that we can have everything on the outside looking perfect and put together, but inside we are ugly messy, ungodly and lying creatures in our hearts. What a tragedy.

Be the same person in all different scenarios and to all different people. Ask the Holy Spirit in you to love others with the same pure love that He does, and be true and loyal to God.