![]() ![]() ![]() I don’t think I would have attended a certain ancient beauty pageant, even if I had received a personal invitation, unless of course, the penalty for refusing the king’s invitation was a sword! In that case, I suppose I would have suffered through it. I am convinced that there is no greater beauty than the beauty of a young woman who manifests inner beauty - beauty of heart and soul. Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart. In fact, I was concerned years ago about that aspect of the pageant. I might add that have a deep concern about the immodesty of the swim-wear in recent years. (I believe at the time it was Mary Ann Mobley.) But please don’t ask me to attend a beauty pageant. There have been several and at least two of them had strong Christian testimonies. I remember a lady in my first church, a student pastorate, Miss Flossy (I am not kidding!), who came to church one Sunday morning all excited because of the Miss America Pageant - in may have been the one in Miss Mississippi won. For one think, Mark and Darris are musicians and understand some of the talent part of the program that is way over my head. I really appreciate that, but I didn’t even watch the pageant on television. Mark has told me how deeply the current Miss Louisiana, Jamie Wilson, loves the Lord and values her time of worship at her church. My son Mark recently received his ten year pin for his service to the Miss Louisiana Pageant and his friend Darris Warren, minister of music for Fair Park Baptist Church in West Monroe, received his twenty year pin. But, I cannot recall doing anything to merit a two hour sentence to a beauty pageant. I am well aware that I do not deserve the Lord’s mercy and grace. I strongly subscribe to the doctrine of total depravity. I readily acknowledge that, like David, I was born in sin. I have never been to a beauty pageant in my life. ![]()
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