{"id":305,"date":"2011-09-15T08:47:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T12:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=305"},"modified":"2011-09-10T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T17:32:01","slug":"dont-worry-so-much-about-outward-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2011\/09\/dont-worry-so-much-about-outward-appearance.html","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Worry So Much About Outward Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2011\/08\/prestigous-on-woodstove2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-308\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2011\/08\/prestigous-on-woodstove2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard, a.k.a. Zen Kitty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Did you know I have 3 inch long eye brows? You may call them whiskers but they stick out 3 inches nonetheless. And, it has been proven to me that my looks are not nearly as important as my attitude.<\/p>\n<p>It is my pure, godly, soft and furry thoughts that are loved and cared for.<\/p>\n<p>Christ Jesus has been known to remind us <a href=\"http:\/\/healingsciencetoday.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/01\/love-calls-out-naysayers\/\">not to worry<\/a> about our outward appearance so much, but to love spiritual goodness and share it, to be more honest each day, and sit tall and prestigious, because that is how God made us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know I have 3 inch long eye brows? You may call them whiskers but they stick out 3 inches nonetheless. And, it has been proven to me that my looks are not nearly as important as my attitude. 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