Sadly. This girl this is not a good thing.
I've realized that so many girls struggle with feeling beautiful. Which is ridiculous, because every girl and woman I've met is so stinkin' gorgeous. Maybe there's a hidden population of ladies who are ugly, but so far I haven't seen them!
The thing is, who is to say that you are beautiful? God delights, he jumps up and down, wizzes around in circles with JOY and PRIDE at what he's created each time he thinks of you, which is ALL the time. So, you pretty much make the Lord of all creation giddy 24/7 just because of how you naturally are.
God is the maker of Heaven and Earth and if he thought you weren't perfect, don't you think he would've done something about that by now? Don't you see how beautiful you are?
Satan always wants to get your goat. And if part of that is making you feel bad about yourself, then by all means he's going to do it! He knows the secret. If each and every girl out there knew how wonderful and loved she is by God (and so many others!) she would be confident. And the last thing that Satan wants is a world full of bright, confident, Christian women.
You have to have confidence in who you are and how you are made. We're all made different. Ask a girl who's thin with not much curves who she wants to look. She'll say she wishes she had more curves. Ask a more full bodied and curvy girl how she wants to look and she'll say she wants to be thin and have a smaller chest and butt. That's how it is. But that's NOT how it has to be!
Everyone has days where they feel unhappy with their body. We all have them. I do. A lot more days than I should I feel unhappy with my body. For me, my healthy body is not a size 2, my frame isn't built like that. For some girls, they're made a size 0 that's how they're supposed to be! I think the important thing so to be healthy and to be happy.
On the days you don't feel beautiful on the outside, there's still a way to feel beautiful. It's on the inside. I don't know if you've read Proverbs 31. It talks about well, a godly woman that every girl wants to be. It even gives you instructions on how to become her! What about that! (Click here to read the full chapter! I highly suggest it!)
I've realized that so many girls struggle with feeling beautiful. Which is ridiculous, because every girl and woman I've met is so stinkin' gorgeous. Maybe there's a hidden population of ladies who are ugly, but so far I haven't seen them!
The thing is, who is to say that you are beautiful? God delights, he jumps up and down, wizzes around in circles with JOY and PRIDE at what he's created each time he thinks of you, which is ALL the time. So, you pretty much make the Lord of all creation giddy 24/7 just because of how you naturally are.
God is the maker of Heaven and Earth and if he thought you weren't perfect, don't you think he would've done something about that by now? Don't you see how beautiful you are?
Satan always wants to get your goat. And if part of that is making you feel bad about yourself, then by all means he's going to do it! He knows the secret. If each and every girl out there knew how wonderful and loved she is by God (and so many others!) she would be confident. And the last thing that Satan wants is a world full of bright, confident, Christian women.
You have to have confidence in who you are and how you are made. We're all made different. Ask a girl who's thin with not much curves who she wants to look. She'll say she wishes she had more curves. Ask a more full bodied and curvy girl how she wants to look and she'll say she wants to be thin and have a smaller chest and butt. That's how it is. But that's NOT how it has to be!
Everyone has days where they feel unhappy with their body. We all have them. I do. A lot more days than I should I feel unhappy with my body. For me, my healthy body is not a size 2, my frame isn't built like that. For some girls, they're made a size 0 that's how they're supposed to be! I think the important thing so to be healthy and to be happy.
On the days you don't feel beautiful on the outside, there's still a way to feel beautiful. It's on the inside. I don't know if you've read Proverbs 31. It talks about well, a godly woman that every girl wants to be. It even gives you instructions on how to become her! What about that! (Click here to read the full chapter! I highly suggest it!)
I especially like
Proverbs 31:25-26
She is clothed with strength and dignity;
she can laugh at the days to come.
She speaks with wisdom,
and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
The key to beauty on the inside is having confidence. Being able to laugh and have joy when things look bleak, scary, and just down right horrible. Being upbeat when you feel like there's no way out, because there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. There is ALWAYS hope. The key is speaking with kindness, wisdom, and uplifting words that help.
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