To my mind, beauty is a misrepresented concept. If you listen to the media, beauty is perfect hair, flawless skin, & a stick-thin body. However, when I think of people I consider beautiful, beauty has so little to do with these characteristics.
"It's what's on the inside that counts." We've all heard it a million times, & we all think "yeah, whatever" every time we hear it. Been there, done that.
But it is so, so true.
1 Peter 3:3-4 says, "Whoso adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God a great price."
God said it, so why can't we, as girls and women of God, believe it?
When I think of true beauty, I think of the Godly women I am so blessed to be surrounded by. Yes, they're all outwardly beautiful, but inwardly they are so much more. Every time I look at them, I see true beauty.
Beauty is a love for the Lord that exceeds a love for anyone or anything else. Beauty is a heart dedicated to serving others, & God most of all. Beauty is a kind and compassionate spirit. Beauty is the sound of laughter. Beauty has nothing to do with the outside, and everything to do with the inside.
Today I am here to tell you that you are beautiful.
If you think, I can't be beautiful; I'm not skinny enough, I'm here to tell you otherwise. Who said being beautiful requires being skinny as a rail?
I don't have long, straight, blonde hair & pretty blue eyes like all the women I see in magazines.
You were made by a loving Creator who made you in His image & made you unique. You are unlike any other person who has ever lived or will ever live, and you are beautiful.
I've struggled with this for years. I know firsthand how hard it is to think of yourself as beautiful. There isn't a gap between my thighs. My hair isn't long & straight & blonde...in fact, it's the exact opposite. But I have come to realize that I was created by my God who made me in His very own image. Why should I want myself to be any other way?
Don't look in the mirror to see just how beautiful you are; you need only to look at you heart. You are beautiful.
"Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised." Proverbs 31:30
