I look in the mirror. My face is slightly fuller. I have a little more wrinkles, small amount of silver is peaking through my hair and I’m not as slender as I used to be. I know that I’m getting older. I can’t expect myself to look like I did when I was younger. Although I used to be filled with vanity. I cared more about the me on the outside, that I didn’t put enough precedence on the me on the inside. My character, my morals, my values. I still like to look my best. However, these days I care more about being my best. For I know that inner beauty is what really defines us. I hope that when people think of me, they mention my love for God, my love for people and my good character. I’m still working on this and probably always will be in one way or another. There are times when I look in the mirror and notice my reflection is slightly different. Then, I look back at who I was, to who I’m becoming and that looks different. Though in a good way. My face is fuller because I’m healthy. The wrinkles that do grace my face have their own story. The silver in my hair a sign of aging with grace. I’m not as slender, but I’m well. So, as I look in the mirror, I’m seeing a change in myself. Though less physically, I see the woman I want to be. Friend, outer beauty shifts and changes. Even if we are attractive when we’re old, we’re still old. Though a privilege to age, I want to be seen by my heart and my mind and my relationship with God. So, when I look in the mirror, I see the reflection of the woman God called me to be. 

Erin Fitts-Brower 

1 Peter 3:3-4 NIV

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, 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.

1 Samuel 16:7 NIV

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Proverbs 31:30 NIV

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.