To Vanity

   These are some things that God has been teaching me. I have to relearn this on a daily basis. (I wrote this poem on Oct. 2011 my first semester in college.)
   I exort you! Oh, ladies, do not succumb to self-pity and the lies of Satan! You are beautiful and God has created you to reflect His beauty and grace in a way that no other person could! Only because of His grace!
   Remember, "Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised."- Prov. 31:30.
   "And so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive..."- Titus 2:4-5
   The most beautiful thing in a woman is to see the gospel lived out in a selfless heart that loves the Lord and follows His Word.

Ah, vanity, vanity
What have you done to me?
I listen to your lies
All you desire is my demise
Never content; wanting more
You don't relent; out your lies pour
I believe your best interest,
Until corruption will invest
And I find myself in deeper
than before
Until I am a bitter, old weeper
Who drowns in self pity
Whose soul is nasty and gritty
What more do I deserve
Than what I am served
And, yet, God has blessed me
Only my beauty does He see
Restored by His grace
Until it lights up my face
And, humbled, again, I turn
To He, who loves me though I spurn
And He uplifts my downcast head
Until my heart that once was lead
Is lighter than the air itself
So that I turn from myself
Once again, praise His name
For only He is worthy of fame
I am not worthy at all
Because I stumble and fall
But, He honors me with His call
I am His beloved, chosen child
Who is proud, arrogant, and wild
But is tamed by His touch
From my little, He will make much
Because He is incredible, amazing God
My Counselor, Lover, Strength, and Rod
So, vanity, beware of the Lord!
For He will desicate you with His sword
For you are proud, and you He does despise
Vanity, hear me- for you will see:
Your own victory will be your own demise.