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In today’s meditation, we consider Peter’s teachings from the Bible about true adorning. Peter emphasises that our value… (visit YouTube for more)
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Do not let your adorning be external, the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewellery or the clothing you wear.
What is Peter meaning to convey when he says this? Don’t let your adorning be external.
So clearly he’s implying that the adorning should be internal, shouldn’t it? And we will look at that in tomorrow’s meditation, which is on the next verse.
But let’s focus on this verse. Our adorning is not to be external. That means making ourselves look nicer. We don’t do that by arranging our hair nicely, by putting on expensive jewellery, by wearing the best clothing. That’s not the way we adorn ourselves.
Peter isn’t saying here that any of those things are wrong. He’s saying that this isn’t where we find our value. Because when we adorn something we increase its value. We can’t possibly increase our value by making ourselves look nice.
