vanity

Malachi 3:13-15 ESV “Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? And now we call the arrogant...

I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Ecclesiastes 11:8-10 ESV “So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is...

Ecclesiastes 11:5-6 ESV As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or...

The Western culture has been sinking deeper and deeper into vanity. I feel that, in our society, virtue has become degenerated from something that is valued in itself to something valued as a rhetorical tool. We have developed into a sort of 'hype culture' where a virtuous action is principally...

I came to this website for the first time just today to see and read what people were sharing. I can hardly believe my eyes as I have spent about an hour looking at different threads and the questions people are asking. God must just shake his head at how absurd we can be. Questions that have...

I feel like I have been to selfish, careless, and reckless lately in my words and life. How do I deny myself? And the one who has been forgiven much loves much, so I wonder if I have unbelief about my forgiveness since I do not love God as much as I should for my sins if they are forgiven. Does...

Please pray for my vanity to disappear. I get feelings all the time while doing some things like I'm hoping for them to tell me thanks or that I did good. I considered not posting a thread like this but felt guilty about hiding sin so I'm admitting I do feel like a Pharisee sometimes, like oh I...

You've heard the term: "The Lust of The Eye" (the desire to possess what we see or to have those things which have visual appeal). For me, this is a tough one. I am a very visual person, and this is embarrassing for me to admit, but I am vain. I know the definition of vain is: Having or showing...