Improve your Image

Another borrowed post - this one from Planet Wisdom .

Kids are going back to school. At the beginning of the year, kids have an important choice to make...continue down the same path they were on or alter their image.

Kids can easily reinvent themselves and just chalk it up to some profound experience they had over the summer. Here is some guidance to help the kids you know improve their image:

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Proverbs 11:22
"Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion."

Nostril rings are somewhat fashionable these days - but I bet you haven't seen a really expensive one on a pig. In fact, I don't think I've seen any pierced pig nostrils. That would be a waste of a perfectly good (and pricey) gold ring - to stick it in the snout of an animal that burrows his nose in mud (and other disgusting things) all day long.

Solomon said it's that same kind of waste when a beautiful woman isn't discreet in her lifestyle.

Several gorgeous Hollywood stars come to mind. Their beauty is wasted by their sleazy behavior.

It must be tough to be a woman these days. Society demands so much of you gals: Have the perfect body. Show it off in the perfect way. Don't be too feminine. But don't be too masculine either. Find the perfect guy, then get him to fall for you.

It's hard to do all that and be discreet - or wise - in the way you live.

Solomon was saying that a woman can be a total babe - just the right height; not too fat or skinny; just the right sized . . . everything; cute little nose; pretty little feet - and it's all just wasted if she lives like the world, letting it all hang out and giving her affections away to any guy who will pay attention to her.

God also set high standards for women. But they're very different standards - ones that will make women beautiful from the inside out. He wants women to have "noble character" (Proverbs 12:4).

He wants them to worry more about having the right attitude toward God than having the right clothes and hair (1 Peter 3:3-4). He wants women to fear (or completely trust and obey) Him (Proverbs 31:30).

God said those kind of women will have a beauty that lasts a lifetime - and they won't waste their youthful, physical beauty on worthless, degrading relationships.

Ladies, enjoy your youthful beauty. But set your standards way higher than the ones you see on TV or at the mall. Ask God to help you want to please Him more than anything else in your life.

And guys, we need to set our standards higher too. Look to spend time and build relationships with the kind of women who are noble and show an inner beauty. Outward beauty is great - but don't waste your time with women who "show no discretion."

"Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised," (Proverbs 31:30).

Source: http://www.planetwisdom.com/powerproverbs/