they saw he was a beautiful child

Excerpts from tomorrow's thing:

God’s definition of beauty is not what this world’s definition of beauty is. It is completely different. People Magazine every year publishes an issue showing the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. I guarantee you, I guarantee you that if God put out an issue of the 50 Most Beautiful People, He would have a completely different set of 50. Because this world looks at physical beauty; God does not.

Do you know how many old people make the People’s list of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world? I don’t think any. When you’re eighty or ninety and wrinkly, whether you were a former Beauty Pageant winner or not, you’re old and wrinkly. Beauty fades – at least the beauty by this world’s definition. The Bible says in Proverbs 31:30, "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting". One of the great problems with the world’s definition of beauty is that it eventually goes away. Beautiful people by the world’s standards, will grow old; beautiful cars will rust; beautiful flowers will die.

But the great thing about God’s definition of beauty is that it doesn’t change. God’s definition of beauty is obedience, it’s faithfulness. And you can be obedient and faithful whether you are young or old, rich or poor, short or tall, good-looking or plain. The Bible says in 1 Peter 3:3-4, "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight". Every one of you has in you the beauty of faith.