1 Peter 3:3-4: "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight."
I have a huge bathroom mirror and wrote that on it so I read it each AM, heck every time I look in that mirror. Each time I look in the mirror and even start to fall into the trap of the lies I've believed for tooooo long I am reminded what is of worth in God's sight. I mean everyone says my curly hair is beautiful but what if I lost it all for some reason some day? Then what do I have left? What about large breasts? What if they were gone some day? And what about if I'm 90 (or not ;) and look completely different some day, then what is left of this worldly outward beauty? The only thing that remains at the end of the day is our gentle and quiet spirit and what a gift of beauty I've found.
Doing this fabulous Bible study at church and I have also learned in the last 2 weeks that my body was intended for only one man. So God I'm trusting in you that if someday that is your path for me again in life that this time I'll do it right. I'll understand what it means to be truly beautiful in the eyes of a Godly man, someone who seeks you daily and helps me draw closer to you. Someone who cherishes me for who I am in You. Someone who understands 1 Peter 3:3-4.
Sorry I digress a bit that was really more a prayer of my heart. Like I said in the opening I'm being transparent, real, open and true to myself. Sharing who I am, what I'm learning and the journey God is taking me on so that others might grow closer to Him too. What if it changed your life? It has mine.
More later on the lie of unbeautiful.
May God bless you with enough...
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