Vanity can be defined in a few ways. One definition is: excessive pride in one’s appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain; conceit. Another is: something about which one is vain or excessively proud. We can be vain about ourselves or we can be vain about the Most High.
In my opinion, true vanity is the practice of uplifting and exalting Yah. This post came about as I was reading Psalm 69, which says in verse 30: I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
And then She spoke to me and said, this is what pleases her, what makes her happy with her creation – the simple acknowledgment of who she/he truly is. At least to our limited comprehension.
And the more happy you make the Lord, the more joy you feel within. It’s like magic, it bounces right back to you.
So in a nutshell, true vanity is vanity in the Lord. Being proud of this Wonderful, Awesome, Beautiful, Magnificent, Compassionate, Powerful, Brilliant, Intelligent, Pure, Holy, Honorable Being who created all the worlds, and the sun and the stars and on and on and on. There is nothing on this earth that can compare.