Lipstick on a Pig
We can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig.
Lipstick on a pig means we try to make something look better than it is.
- A pretty plate does not make bad food taste good.
- Fresh paint on a falling-down house does not make it safe.
- A new building does not make a failing business succeed.
Change must occur inside as well as outside.
- Cook better food to go on that pretty plate.
- Repair the house and then paint it.
- Change how the business in that new building operates.
Lipstick on a pig fools few people.
Often it fools no one.
- Quick fixes rarely last.
- Living high on the hog does not make us successful.
- Acting high and mighty does not give us power.
Only true change makes a difference.
An improved appearance may make us feel better for a while. However, we must tackle the real problems for lasting change.
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but be a new and different person with a fresh newness in all you do and think. Then you will learn from your own experience how his ways will really satisfy you” (Romans 12:2 TLB).
Thanks to Frank Cheatham for the suggestion.
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