Vanity of Vanities

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ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION:

Following our 'Perfectionism' episode, this conversation dives deeper into beauty and vanity, and how our relationship with our appearance has evolved through our faith in Christ.

Vanity is a word that echoes through time, from the wisdom of Ecclesiastes to the self-obsession of modern culture. Both of us have wrestled with our own relationship to beauty, status, and self-image, shaped by a world that tells us our worth is in how we appear, what we achieve, and how others perceive us. But what happens when these pursuits leave us empty? What happens when the things we chase don’t satisfy? In this episode, we stand in the gap with God, exploring our own journeys with vanity—where we are not yet sanctified, where we’ve been set free, and where we are still learning to surrender. Vanity isn’t just about looks; it’s about anything we elevate above God, anything we chase for validation outside of Him. We share how our perspective has shifted since coming home to Christ, how we are learning to embrace God’s definition of beauty and worth, and the subtle ways vanity creeps into even our spiritual lives.

- The biblical understanding of vanity—what does “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 1:2) really mean?
- How vanity manifests today, from social media to status-seeking to self-image
- The difference between worldly beauty and godly value
- The tension between caring for ourselves and obsessing over our appearance
- How even faith and spirituality can become performance-based
- Moving from self-glorification to glorifying God in all we do
- Practical steps to shift from vanity to eternal value in Christ

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— Katharina & Martine Madeleine