I am quiet my nature. Because I think too much and my tendency of not being able to do two things at once, it looks like I am tongue tied because the words running around in my head fail to trip off my tongue in a nice easy way. This is a good thing as my foot doesn’t tend to be in my mouth. I am also a listener where I don’t try to think of what I want to say while my ears are listening (see, can’t think and listen either!) So when Peter tells the woman how to win her husband’s heart and soul by being beautiful through a gentle tranquil quiet heart and no words, I get it and it doesn’t seem too hard for me.
I Peter 3:4
Rather, let it be the hidden person of the heart,
With the incorruptible beauty
Of the gentle and quiet spirit,
Which is very precious in the sight of God
However, I have been hearing this verse quite a bit lately. I am feeling guilty. This quiet girl hasn’t been quiet enough! I am caught striving (Prov 20:3), fretting (Prov 19:3), asking too many of the wrong questions, and not truly accepting God at His Word. My waters have become deep and dark instead of the bubbling brook as God would have me to be (Prov 18:4).
I desire to be more tranquil, more gentle, more sage, more simple, more smiles, more peaceful, more still, more joyful, more God-trusting, more calm, more of the bubbling brook, more precious in the sight of God. I may not be a raving beauty on the outside, but I aspire to be wildly beautiful on the inside.
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Proverbs 20:3
It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
since any fool can start a quarrel.
Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of a man twists his way,
& his heart frets against the Lord.
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters,
the wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.
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