Beauty and youth are glorified all around us-one look at magazine covers or television screens tells us that.Beauty has always been valued and appreciated.The Bible describes various women in the bible as beautiful,and feminine beauty is not all disdained in the word of God.God makes it clear that He values the internal person more.That is why He chose David as king instead of one of his better looking older brothers.The Lord does not look at things man looks at.1Samuel 16:7 "Man looks at the outside appearance but God looks at the heart.
Bathsheba's story revolves around her beauty.It is her beauty that got her recognized by King David.The whole episode would make a good Shakespearean play.King sees beautiful woman.He has to have her.She conceives.King kills husband.King takes woman as his wife.Brave man confronts king with his sin.King repents but baby dies.Woman's second son by King becomes the next king.Woman sits at the son right hand.Woman foolishly and unwittingly betrays son and loses everything.
LESSON:Beauty is not enough to guarantee success in love and life ,and sometimes beauty can be a curse that leads to heartbreaks and broken dreams.
Bathsheba's story revolves around her beauty.It is her beauty that got her recognized by King David.The whole episode would make a good Shakespearean play.King sees beautiful woman.He has to have her.She conceives.King kills husband.King takes woman as his wife.Brave man confronts king with his sin.King repents but baby dies.Woman's second son by King becomes the next king.Woman sits at the son right hand.Woman foolishly and unwittingly betrays son and loses everything.
LESSON:Beauty is not enough to guarantee success in love and life ,and sometimes beauty can be a curse that leads to heartbreaks and broken dreams.
