Being Ugly

You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.

But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for I see not as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →

You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears Yahweh, she shall be praised.

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I have cast you to the ground; I have laid you before kings, that they may see you.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

For bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.

For, behold, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, takes away from Jerusalem and from Judah supply and support, the whole supply of bread, and the whole supply of water; — read the full passage →

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.

But don’t forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Yahweh’s word came again to me, saying, — read the full passage →

Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira, his wife, sold a possession, — read the full passage →

Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see the Kingdom of God.”

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, Christ; — read the full passage →

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?

Like as many were astonished at you (his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

that you should remember the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and the commandments of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior:

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus,

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ — read the full passage →

You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

When he got into a boat, his disciples followed him. — read the full passage →

She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.

Like water reflects a face, so a man’s heart reflects the man. — read the full passage →

Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. — read the full passage →

If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God. — read the full passage →

But, because of sexual immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of Yahweh shall prosper in his hand.