Sunday Reflection: Beautiful You!
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There could never be a more beautiful
you
Don't buy the lies, disguises and hoops, they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you (A More Beautiful You)
Don't buy the lies, disguises and hoops, they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you (A More Beautiful You)
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Listening to Jonny
Diaz sing A More Beautiful You” on the radio this week, reminded me about
all the fussin’ people do to look pretty on the outside. Sometimes I feel a bit counterfeit
because of my hair color, my painted nails and makeup. I also wear clothes
that hide my “real” body. What are we trying to prove when we buy into the world’s standard of external beauty?
We are MORE than outward beauty. We are:
- Daughters and sons
- Mothers and fathers
- Friends and neighbors
- We are touch
- Laughter
- Brain
- We are heart
- Love and loved
- We are made in the image of God
“The Lord does not look
at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the
heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)
Stop surrendering to the lies. Stop judging yourself through others' opinions. Be the beautiful you, God intended you to be.
“So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of
view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is
here! “2
Corinthians 5:16-17 (NIV)
My prayer: Dear Lord, help me to never look at myself through the eyes of hate and criticism, but to focus on the things you see within me.
Blessings!
My prayer: Dear Lord, help me to never look at myself through the eyes of hate and criticism, but to focus on the things you see within me.
Blessings!
Teresa
Comments
A powerful truth I will try to remember.