CHAT I
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"Outside
and
Inside"
"Man looketh on the
outward appearance,
but the Lord looketh
on the heart."
(1 Samuel 16.7)
[CHAT I]
"Outside and Inside"
"Man looketh on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looketh on the heart."
(1 Samuel 16.7)
OUTSIDE and inside. How different they are! I remember a very ugly looking house, which I used to love as a little girl. It faced the street, with straight rows of windows, bare and square, and not a creeper or flower to be seen. But inside, what a delicious comfortable house it was! And a lovely old garden behind, hidden and surrounded by high walls. All the flowers, all the beautiful china and pictures, and pretty old-fashioned furniture were to be seen after you entered it, and not before. I have seen many pretty looking houses since, some quite charming with their gabled windows and creeper clad walls, yet some of them inside, are damp and ugly and uncomfortable.
When you go to a bookseller's to choose yourself a book do you choose it for its cover, or for the story inside? Some of the dryest dullest books have the most handsome binding, and some of the most thrilling stories are wrapped up in a very poor cover.
Which do you value most, the envelope, or the letter inside? Your purse, or the money that is in it? Do you like best the shell of a nut, or the kernel inside? Which is most important, the case of a clock or watch, or the works inside? Do you like the outside of your chocolate box best, or the chocolates inside?
Outside and inside! Nearly always the inside of a thing is the thing that matters. The outside is a mere case or covering for the treasure within.