The Best Way to Radiate Beauty This Prom Season

We walked into the shop and both gasped. Crystal and glass chandeliers hung dotted throughout the store, and jewelry and scarves of every color clustered in carefully-coordinated corners. Morgan headed over to the white silver section of accessories, seeking a studded silver headband. Fake rhinestones sparkled against her dark hair.

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After selecting a headband, she considered earrings with an artist’s eye. Dangling different pairs from her ears she solicited the sales associate’s advice, wondering if something was too big or fancy.

“It’s prom!” the associate laughed, “You’re never too bedazzled.”

The sales clerk pointed to various earrings and then let Morgan decide. My daughter held up oblong jeweled orbs and cascading light-catching pieces. The jewelry radiated and sparkled at her neck. And I could see it, how they caught and reflected the light, shining out brilliantly.

It reminded me of the words I had read this morning. Scrambling to corral my wriggly second grader and keep his mind on math problems then, I had pulled my Bible closer. Turning to some verses that my mom had mentioned recently, I had read them quietly to myself, letting their beauty soak in.

“The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trust-worthy, making wise the simple.” 

Who doesn’t need that? I had thought as I had gently lassoed a boy’s imagination back.

“Okay, focus in,” I had murmured to my home-schooled son. “What is 27 plus 85?”

God’s words continued and I had traced them with my eyes.


“The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.” 


There it was!

Back in the jewelry and accessories store with my tall daughter, we had browsed counters, looking for earrings to match her elegant thrift store prom dress. She fingered pairs of earrings and deliberated.

I saw it, though. That no matter which earrings she chose to dangle against her neck this weekend, that she already radiated light. God’s words that she had selected and soaked in earlier already reflected out the light and beauty within her.

What’s the best way to be radiant? Want to catch and reflect the light most beautifully? Join me in the best beauty regiment ever. Spend time in these ancient words that revive the soul, make wise the simple, give joy to the heart, and give light to the eyes.

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