My husband has been home for a couple days as he is in transition from his old position to a new position with a new company. We are very excited about this. Since he has been home for a few days it allowed me yesterday to attend bible study without little Cooper man and go grocery shopping. While I was on my way home the song by Mercy Me “Beautiful” came on. I’ve heard this song a pletheroa of times but never really been hit by the deep need of the human race to be loved and accepted, simply to be told you are beautiful.

To all the men and women out there, you are beautiful. “…when all you hear is you’re not worth anything. Wondering if you could just be loved. If they truly saw your heart than they would see too much.” You are beautiful! God created you just the way you are. You are more than what’s driving you and hurting you. All the lies about yourself that you believe are nothing compared to what Christ has done for us on the cross. When you were first thought of before the foundation of this world God knew your name and the hairs atop your head. This is powerful. He knew the depths of your soul and created you just the way you are. You are beautiful in His eyes.

We get so bogged down my the media and what beauty is in the eye of man rather than the eye of the beholder. Beauty is not something man created. Christ created us all individually so that we could be beautiful and confident with our love from Him. It doesn’t matter what the world says, our beauty goes beyond the depths of our appearance to the inner part of our core. We become insecure because we see billboards and magazines that portray a life unworthy of anything that matters. Beauty isn’t the heart of a person, the heart of the person is where beauty lies.

God created us all for something so much more. Have you reached the depths of who you are in Christ? Don’t walk around ashamed hanging your head low; stand tall, be bold portraying a heart of confidence and search your soul oh precious one and ask the Lord to shine His beauty upon you. You are beautiful, repeat that to yourself all day long; you are beautiful. Christ made you, how could you be anything less than beautiful when everything about Christ is beauty. He is the essence of beauty and you are the essence of Christ. Hold on to that sword of truth and walk boldly through your day knowing you are beautiful no matter what the world says. Words can bring you down, but they don’t have to, harsh words come from those who are insecure with themselves.

Black, brown, red, blonde or grey hair, this is how Christ designed you and exactly how HE wanted you my friend to look. He created you with such thought and made your eyes to shine for Him, not the worldly pleasures we call beauty.

Men and women do not know how to love one another with the glory Christ holds. We long to be loved by our spouses, family, friends and children. Though that love exists it will fail, “…for now we only see a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully know.” (1 cor. 13:12) We can’t receive that full acceptance of love while here on earth and as much as we strive to feel that love from our spouse and only by the grace of God can we feel a portion of His love from them. We will only see a glimpse of the true love Christ holds but the glorious piece to this puzzle is, we can’t feel fully loved until we let Christ love us. We can search our whole lives to fill this void when Christ is longing for us to place our love in Him to be fulfilled.

You are beautiful no matter what arises in life and the strife you feel in your heart, no matter the words you hear from those attempting to beat your soul leaving you to feel inadequate and worthless. We will all have days when our strength is simply weak and vulnerable; you are beautiful. You are made for so much more than all of this; treasured, sacred and His. Beloved you are beautiful, receive this joyous gift! Pray that God will give you the eyes of Christ to see yourself through His eyes; beautiful.

Moment of Truth: Come to me all who are weary and laden and I will give you rest~ Jesus