--"Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity."
--[Psalm 119:37]

---Well, I didn't exactly come here for a beauty makeover! I grumble, and steer away from the Department of Vehicles, where I've just renewed my driver's license. Though I had groomed myself a bit more than usual, the photo is ghastly. In fact, I am so startled by the picture of the baggy-eyes woman with unkempt hair that when the clerk the clerk asks if the image is okay, I nod. I can't speak. Now I'm stuck with this frumpy photo for another five years.

I know, God I know. I'm being very vain. On the scale of life's real tragedies a bum photo doesn't even register. I know it's not important...just a disappointment. I'm being foolish, Yes, I can see with these eyes despite the eye bags. Yes, I have hair. Friends having chemo aren't so lucky. Right, the car still runs well and I'm competent enough to drive it....

By the time I arrive home, I've hidden the offending photo in my purse and made peace, yet again, with God, and my tendency toward vanity. Almost.

A few days later, a bank teller needs an ID for a transaction. She looks at my driver's license, looks at me, then says, "You know, you're a lot prettier than this photo.!"
--"All Of Me" // Selah // <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_cx1pNL1Xg>