Sunday, 2 November 2014

Beauty of the Heart

Time washes away physical beauty, and sickness eats it up, but beauty of the heart is beyond all changes. The former arouses anger and produces jealousy, but the latter is not susceptible to similar passions and knows no vainglory. 
+ Saint John Chrysostom


"I always liked to be elegant, later I found out that being elegant comes from the inside...Elegance is to love , To give and forgive" 
+ Mama Maggie Gobran



"Look for affection, gentleness, and humility in a wife; these are the tokens of beauty."  
+ Saint John Chrysostom

She weaves wool and linen cloth 
And is productive with her hands. 
She is like a ship trading afar off, 
So she procures her livelihood.
She also rises before dawn
And gives food to her household, 
And appoints tasks for her maidservants. 
Seeing a farm, she buys it, 
And from the fruits of her hands she plants her plot of land. 
Strongly girding her loins, 
She strengthens her arms for work. 
She experiences work as a good thing, 
And her lamp is not quenched all night. 
She extends her arms to do profitable things, 
And she applies her hands to the spindle. 
She opens her hands to the poor 
And reaches out with her fruit to the needy. 
+ Proverbs 31:12-19