YOU are BEAUTIFUL

I am starting to realize, now more than ever, that so many women feel that they are not beautiful enough. Whether it is due to the images of "perfection" that we are surrounded by in the media, or the level of attention we recieve from the oppostie sex, or any other number of reasons, women just don't see how beautiful they are! It is a shame. I have been there many times in my life, and will continue to do so, as we all do...but I am realizing now that our beauty is subjective only to the world. What I mean by that is, if we just take the world's opinion then only a small percentage of us are "beautiful". The funny thing is, the world's opinion doesn't matter. And the only one who's opinion really matters thinks we are beautiful beyond compare. He created us EXACTLY how he wanted us...looks, personality, flaws, and strengths. Our entire being was created for a purpose that we rarely know for sure, but strive to live up to, and can live up to if we trust in God. For all of the ladies out there, thinking you are too fat, or too skinny, not pretty enough, not stylish enough, not persued enough...etc...remember what perspective to look from and remember how beautiful you truly are in the eyes of the one who created everything else beautiful in this world. Try to remember that you are exactly how you are for a reason, and not only does God find who you are special and beautiful, but one day, he will bring someone to you who will share the same appreciation, or as humaly close to it anyway. Look all around, see the beauty that has been created, and then realize that you are just as breathtakingly beautiful if not more so. :)

Here are some verses that have really encouraged me lately during my insecure moments...some about beauty, rejection, plans for my future, and just feeling lonely...I hope these help someone out there! I know they helped me :) God bless.

Plans/Patience

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; ... Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose…Romans 8:28

God’s Love and Support

Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.”… Jeremiah 1:4-8

You Are Beautiful

You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you…Songs of Solomon 4:7

Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious…1 Peter 3:3-4

And the king will desire your beauty. Since he is your lord, bow to him…Psalm 45:11

Pain/Rejection

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken…Psalm 34:17-20

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious…1 Peter 2:4