Inside and Out...

I know that I wrote a blog entry on the importance of wives keeping up their outer appearance. I still believe that this is extremely important. Men are visual beings. Most likely, your husband was attracted to your outer beauty before he got to know what your inner qualities consisted of.
However, many times a wife may continue to care for the outer body and begin to neglect the inner self, especially with age.
We see so many times that men leave their seasoned wives for younger women, so we are determined to keep the body right and tight, the skin youthful and flawless and the hair dyed and laid to the side. Don't let me seem as though there is something wrong with maintaining the outer appearance. There is absolutely nothing wrong with making sure that you remain attractive to yourself and your husband.
However....
We shouldn't get so bogged down with the way our hair and nails look that we forget that we have an inner attractive to maintain as well.

1 Peter 3:3-5
"Don’t be concerned about the outward beauty of fancy hairstyles, expensive jewelry, or beautiful clothes. You should clothe yourselves instead with the beauty that comes from within, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is so precious to God. This is how the holy women of old made themselves beautiful. They trusted God and accepted the authority of their husbands." ( NLT)

This whole study taught me one thing:
You can look fantabulous on the outside, but your husband sees every aspect of you. He sees you when all of the makeup has been washed away,  when the wrap scarf goes on and the stilettos come off.
Your appearance will not continually impress him but your attitude and demeanor will keep him interested in you.
It's true that appearance doesn't last. Boobs sag, hair gets nappy, heels break and clothes get too tight. It's a fact of life and it comes with time. Looks fade. We have to spend even more time cultivating our inner woman than we do on our outside. Our looks may get the ring, but the inner beauty keeps the man.

Strive to be the total package, ladies. Inside as well as outside...