How to be beautiful and attractive in God's eyes

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I believe that God cares very much about every aspect of our lives including physical appearance. After all, He formed and knitted every person from inside the womb of the mother.
True, of course He cares about our physical well being, but He does not care what we wear or what we look like.
God is not shallow like man and does not indulge in shallow thinking like we humans do....ever. Only man is shallow, judging each other for the way we look.
 

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I agree that God is certainly not shallow. Yes, people might judge others based on appearance but God doesn't do this because He loves us for who we are, both inside and outside.
 
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1Samuel 16:7

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 man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
 
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I agree that God is certainly not shallow. Yes, people might judge others based on appearance but God doesn't do this because He loves us for who we are, both inside and outside.
Yep exactly :)
Thankfully we have an example in Jesus, who taught us how to Love, like He does....
 
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You can fat, thin, tall, short, have all your limbs intact, or all your arms and legs missing, have or not have tattoos and piercings..... It Doesn't matter. In God's eyes you are beautiful.
But a gentle and quiet spirit is precious to Him......Because It is Christ like.
And it was this forgiving Christ like attributes from my mom and all the other Christians I persecuted that eventually lead me back to Christ.
My short testimony is in the poetry section, Dear God :)
 

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Question:how do i become beautiful and attractive to God? answer: just be yourself:)
 

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You're welcome....Thanks for your honest input....And Not attacking me or trying to find fault. Like some other people do :) i enjoy a good honest discussion where malice doesn't exist, but unfortunately, some people come into threads looking to find fault so that they can be considered right. Silly people lol..... You Are not one them btw :p
Yea after I posted i realized it sounded kind of rude even though it was really just because I hate revealing personal stuff about me and I was just trying to be very to the point. Care for a choco taco? :rolleyes:

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Just allow the Holy Spirit to direct your paths, that's when we start becoming attractive in God's eyes
 

laughingheart

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This is one of the most honest posts I have ever read. The emphasis on the body is so strong in our culture that it has become mainstream even in our churches. The worship of youth and beauty are considered a virtue. For myself I find the men I have cared for have never ended up being my "type". It was the person inside who made the outside more and more attractive. I long ago threw out the list of likes.
When my husband left me after I became ill I also became depressed as I felt I could never find love again. Why? I have some scars on my stomach from surgeries and lost my small waist. I alternated between shame and thinking about booking surgery with imaginary money. I realized that if I had to cut myself up and go into debt to be loved that I was heading in the wrong direction. I made peace with me. I threw myself into gratitude, humour, family and friends. I didn't bury myself in activity. I went deeper into my artwork, acting, writing, volunteer work but never let it own me. Some days I need to remind myself of who I am and that that is enough but most days I feel freer, happier and more grounded than ever. If one day God has someone who sees me as beautiful to them then I will celebrate that but for today I will enjoy its own miracles and completeness. Bless you Zero for sharing your truth.

I was actually serious. I don't know if any of you have ever tried to lose a significant amount of weight, but it is virtually impossible and I know a lot more about fitness and nutrition than the average person. I used to be very fit and healthy, but then I fell into a deep depression that lasted a couple years and gained a lot of weight. I've been trying to lose it for years now and I'd lose some, then gain it back, lose some then gain it back... Did you know that your body can make new fat cells as you gain weight but never loses fat cells when you lose weight? That's one reason why its easy to gain it back and why maintaining a weight loss is tricky. I'm not trying to be negative. I know one has to "change their lifestyle", "change the way they think about food", but that itself can be very difficult for some, like me. Yes, I post a lot about eating donuts and loving ice cream and stuff but that's just me joking around. I don't really eat that stuff all the time.

Anyway, I just had to speak up because I tried to tell myself for years that its inner beauty that really matters but the scourge of being significantly overweight and out of shape is just way more than people who haven't been there can imagine. When I was fit and healthy, people treated me so much differently. They were friendly, interested in whatever I had to say, never ignored me or treated me rudely... Now it's the complete opposite. People give me the impression that they don't really want to associate with me, when I say things I'm often ignored, people treat me like I don't exist and/or are sometimes rude to me. I feel like I don't even have a chance of attracting someone. When I do try to make a connection, I end up in the friend zone. This is the reality. Sure there are overweight people who have bf's and gf's and get married, and from what I've seen, those folks have great personalities in real life. They are usually easy-going, and charming. I think I am only that way online. It's easy online because you can take all day to come up with a funny, witty response....

One can say that inner beauty is what really matters, and technically it really is more important, but if the outer beauty is not up to par, then I've found that most people won't care how much inner beauty you have (in real life).
 
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Thank you for your wonderful post. This is exactly why I created this thread.
I used to have an extremely low self confidence, so much so I hated myself. So I kept looking for love in all the wrong places.
For what it's worth, I am considered attractive, but it means nothing to me, because it is shallow.
I have found that the more I practice what Christ teaches, the more confident I have become, am becoming.
This new self confidence is not like the 'self confidence' of the world, which is ALL about outer appearances, but it comes from within. It is forgiving, compassionate, loving and accepting.
I so desperately want a quiet and gentle spirit which is precious to God, because my mom was my human example of this. And i know by practising what I preach, through the Teachings of Christ, I shall achieve this.
 

laughingheart

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Thank you for your wonderful post. This is exactly why I created this thread.
I used to have an extremely low self confidence, so much so I hated myself. So I kept looking for love in all the wrong places.
For what it's worth, I am considered attractive, but it means nothing to me, because it is shallow.
I have found that the more I practice what Christ teaches, the more confident I have become, am becoming.
This new self confidence is not like the 'self confidence' of the world, which is ALL about outer appearances, but it comes from within. It is forgiving, compassionate, loving and accepting.
I so desperately want a quiet and gentle spirit which is precious to God, because my mom was my human example of this. And i know by practising what I preach, through the Teachings of Christ, I shall achieve this.
Thank you so much. I appreciate your words and the heart behind them. Beauty within lights the outside and how people see us. I have met men with little physical beauty but their faith, heart, kindness and passion for life make them incredibly attractive. I've heard fellows say that women don't want nice guys. The truth is we want men with some fire, it is how they embrace life. That is attractive. I am never feel more attractive than when I volunteer and see the joy and hope in the faces of others. I never feel so alive as when I try something bigger than myself, something that takes me out of my usual routine. Oh dear I am starting to go on again. What I really wanted to do was to say thank you Spiritualpixie. :)
 
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Thank you so much. I appreciate your words and the heart behind them. Beauty within lights the outside and how people see us. I have met men with little physical beauty but their faith, heart, kindness and passion for life make them incredibly attractive. I've heard fellows say that women don't want nice guys. The truth is we want men with some fire, it is how they embrace life. That is attractive. I am never feel more attractive than when I volunteer and see the joy and hope in the faces of others. I never feel so alive as when I try something bigger than myself, something that takes me out of my usual routine. Oh dear I am starting to go on again. What I really wanted to do was to say thank you Spiritualpixie. :)
You're very welcome sister. I've travelled a long and painful road to come to who and what I am today.
Loving ourselves in a healthy and loving way, also means that we can love others the same way too.
I'm fed up with the way the world claims what beauty is supposed to be. God, has clearly stated what is beautiful to Him and you know what?

For the first time in my life, because of Christ, I feel beautiful. After years of hating myself, to feel good about myself is amazing. Best thing of all?

God loves me. I no longer need the acceptance of any human to feel anything at all. When God says He Loves you. He MEANS IT. Wooooohoooo!!!! ❤
 
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Everyone is beautiful when you turn the lights off. :eek:
 

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Spiritual pixie was banned? wow... I'm gonna miss her she was a very uplifting and warm person
 

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though I went to her profile to check her posts to see what she could have said to get banned and wel... she kinda went to far and even basically challenged the mods with the banning I wish I had exchanged emails with her at the very least to keep in contact( sad face)