Gold Plated Inside

Why when I was a kid, (well that sounded funny, I sound so old.)  "Why when I was a kid..."  gold plated stuff was thought of as very second class, cheap.  Nowadays gold plated is normal, jewelry is gold plated and it's fine, no one cares.  It's kind of like people though.  We worry a lot about how we look on the outside, and less about the inside. The out looks gold, but the inside is a bit like plastic.  But God created you to be gold on the inside.  When you receive Christ the Spirit of God comes and lives in you and cleanses you.  Jesus is cleaning us on the inside, changing us, growing us, maturing us.  He shines and refines us on the inside.  According to Malachi “He is like a refiners fire or a launders soap.”  God realizes something we need to remember, the inside, that's what counts.  So maybe your teeth look a bit funny, or your short like me.  Hey, people can grow, and teeth can be fixed, what's important to remember is that you are golden, beautiful on the inside.  But don't just take it from me.  Ask God, He loves you, He made you.  Don’t be gold plated, be 24 karat rock solid Christian.