Outward Beauty Matters....

Well, i've just dyed my hair back to black and i think i look really weird now, considering that my hair hasnt been it's original colour for the past 5 years or so......oh my goodness, i suddenly feel so old...i can still remember when i first started dyeing my hair..... doreen, joyce and andrew were giggling at the dinner table when they saw me, just coz i look different....oh well, i guess if i dun like it after a couple of weeks, i can always go and dye my hair again, except that i really cant be bothered spending all that time (and money) to maintain my hair colour....not that i've ever really done that anyway....i haven't dyed my hair since about a year ago....enough about my hair and my appearance.....

I thought that Josh's talk today was really challenging...we were looking at 1 Tim 2:8-10

"I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but with what is proper for women who profess godliness - with good works."

I guess it's always an issue, struggling with outward appearances, wanting to have new clothes, new stuff, looking "presentable" etc.....guess i need to take time out to reflect on whether i'm putting more effort into how i dress and look etc, or whether i'm putting more effort into my godliness, adorning myself with good works......

The struggle between the desires of the flesh and the desires of the Spirit.....why isn't it ever easy?

Anyway to end things on a lighter note, we were sitting behind Leonardy and Vanda today in the lecture theatre and Josh was answering someone's question about how to encourage guys to take leadership in light of the command to the men to "pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling". Josh was saying that men respond much better to being asked for help (the whole damsel-in-distress and knight-in-shining-armour" kinda thing) than nagging, at which point, Leonardy said a very loud "yes". I think that "yes" was kinda directed at Vanda and the couple of us who were sitting around them started laughing...hehe.....

Is that really true? Do men really respond better to being asked than nagging? Or is it even better if they come to the realisation themselves rather than being asked or nagged at?

p.s. if you're wondering about the title of the blog, it matters because we are to adorn ourselves with good works.... if you havent realised that yet....