Inside Importance Posted by Ashleigh Slater on July 8, 2008

It's all over the news: the sordid details of supermodel Christie Brinkley's latest divorce. Marital infidelity. Internet pornography. Battles over child custody.

With the break-up of celebrity marriages such as this, it's all too easy for us to make snap judgments about the couple involved. Often times thinking, Big surprise. But perhaps, as Lynette Kittle talks about in this week's first article "Christie Brinkley's Heartache," an attitude change is in order. Lynette writes:

My first reactions to the recent news reports have been mixed: anger at a cheating husband, hate for pornography, and a "what's new?" cynical attitude at yet another celebrity marriage gone bad....

But then gratefully, repentance gently seeped in and cleansed my heart of my thoughtless first reactions. My reaction turned from condemnation to compassion, sorrow, and grief over the breaking of Christie's heart and the tearing apart of her family. I began to recognize her as a woman who's seemingly fairytale marriage took a terrible twist, instead of a celebrity who's reaping what she's sown.

Lynette goes on to encourage us as women to remember that it's not looking like a supermodel or conforming to worldly definitions of beauty that will ultimately result in a good marriage and faithful husband. Instead, it's the hidden qualities of the heart, as noted in 1 Peter 3:1-4.

Our second article, "Live Out Spring," also looks at the importance of cultivating inward qualities. In it, Rachel Starr Thomson addresses how we as women can live out God's goodness in our day-to-day lives. 

As always, I'd love to hear your thoughts on what we're publishing. What stood out to you about this week's articles?

Comments

[Rachael]

From "Live Out Spring," I like the idea that "spring is all about revealing hidden things" and that the good we do springs from hidden seeds planted in us by Him. I agree that good works is not just about doing certain activities or programs. I really like that Rachel writes: "These works needn't exhaust me or impress others." Sure, at times, they may. But revealing God's goodness or letting the seeds spring up doesn't necessarily always need to be a chore.

Thank you for this article ~