Going Under the Knife

Going Under the Knife Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. (Matthew 23:27) You have heard about celebrities getting facelifts, tummy tucks, liposuction and having plastic surgery on multiple parts of the body. It used to be only middle age women who were doing it, but now teenage girls and men have made the decision to "go under the knife" for the purpose of improving their external appearance. Unfortunately, going under the knife does not make one internally beautiful. One may still feel empty and without peace. However, there is a way to go under the spiritual knife. Allow God to cut away everything that is not of Him. Allow God to transplant your impure heart for one that is pleasing to Him. Allow God to create in you a clean heart (Psalm 51:10). God said, "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh." (Ezekiel 11:19) Instead of merely focusing on external beauty, go under the knife for internal beauty. And allow God to be your own personal plastic surgeon. < Living Healthy Quiz 103 - Let's Go Shoe Shopping Rev. Margaret Minnicks Director, The Way of Life www.the-way-of-life.org