I caught a segment on TV a few days ago about a young man who lost 450 pounds. They showed a before and after shot of this guy, and the difference in appearance was astounding, as you can probably imagine.

What grabbed my attention, though, was how strikingly handsome this man was at a normal weight. At 650 pounds, his innate beauty was very difficult, if not impossible to see, from a physical point of view.

I pondered the metaphysical lesson.

Covered under layers of fat is one way mortal mind tries to hide the beautiful man or woman of God’s creating, but there are many other ways cover-ups happen.

People can take on layers of fear, anger, disappointment, discouragement, pride, conceit, and other sins. And if allowed to grow, adding layer upon layer in thought, they soon hide the beautiful, humble, strikingly handsome creation of God underneath. It’s not a physical cover-up so much as a mental one.

This ought not to be!

We must vigorously rebel against any tendency of the carnal mind to hide our beautiful spiritual character under layers of error, mental or physical.

I pondered what layers of error I might be laboring under that needed to be shed. I’ll keep those thoughts to myself! But you may have some layers you’d like to shed too.

When faced with a deformed picture of identity, reform and improvement is possible. God created each of us in the divine image, and the outline is a beautiful sight to behold.

Don’t let mortal mind hide your incredibly beautiful character and spiritual form!