Welcome to the Thankful Homemaker podcast, a podcast to be an encouragement and blessing to each other in the role God has called us to as women.

I'm so thankful you've stopped by.

So grab yourself a coffee or tea and sit with me a bit as we talk about how God's

word impacts every area of our lives as Christian women. Hello, friend. I'm Marcy Farrell

from Thankful Homemaker, and I'm so glad to be with you today. This is episode 182, and we're

asking the question, do you have a meek and quiet spirit? It's a question that takes

us to something that God deeply values in the hearts of his daughters, a gentle and quiet spirit.

Again, this isn't about personality or being soft-spoken, but it's about trust, and peace,

and a heart that's anchored in the Lord. We're going to look at what God's word

says and how this spirit reflects Christ, and how we can pursue this imperishable beauty that doesn't

fade with time. 1. Peter 3.3.4 tells us, do not let your adorning be external, the braiding of hair

and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear,

but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle

and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. Peter's words there, they give us a

beautiful contrast between the world's view of beauty and gods, because the world

emphasizes outward appearance, hairstyles, clothing, accessories. But the Lord is interested in something

far more lasting, the hidden person of the heart. And it's not that Peter is forbidding jewelry or

nice clothes, but he's reminding us that true beauty, the kind that matters to God,

is found in a heart adorned with Christ-like character. Imperishable beauty, it's a reminder

that this outer self of ours is wasting away day by day. But the beauty of a gentle and quiet

spirit doesn't wrinkle or fade with time. It's incorruptible.

And that means this kind of beauty, it lasts into eternity. Even the placement of this passage in

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