Beauty

It's a cold Monday morning in late October, as I make my way from my dorm to my 8:50 class. I was feeling confident in myself and hopeful of what the week was to bring. The sun was shining through some trees and casting the most utterly beautiful shadows on the dewy grass. It was just the proof I needed to show me that it would be a good week. And then a huge gust of Oklahoman wind came and blows my long freshly curled hair in every other direction, I nearly dropped my computer and papers, and my heels slipped on the moist pavement...I caught myself. I looked around to see if anyone had seen my clumsy move, no one other than a few girls in deep conversation not paying attention. 

I was relieved but my mood changed drastically. Thoughts began to flood my mind, "Wow I cant even walk without slipping... Am I that clumsy? My hair's probably is a disaster now... My makeup is most likely smudged... I bet I look a mess... " and so on. I then caught my own reflection in a window I passed by and heard Gods voice say "beauty".  It was not the loud deep voice you would picture hearing...it was on the inside. I heard God speak to my heart and all He said was "beauty". I knew exactly what He was trying to tell me because He often speaks that same very word to me. He says so much with saying so little. 

He is saying, "I don't care what You think about yourself, I think you are a beauty. Look around my daughter, do you not see the beauty in the trees, flowers, dew, sun, moon, and stars? Well I made it all. Are my creations not beautiful? Of course they are, just as you are. I created your inmost being;
   I knit you together in your mother’s womb. My thoughts for you outnumber the grains of sand. Don't you get it? You are stunning."

Here is what I have learned, it's simple. God thought me up, and I am His masterpiece. You are His masterpiece. We are beautiful; each and everyone of us.

I may mess up and have days where I don't feel pretty but not in Gods eyes. Try seeing yourself through Gods eyes and see how Your life is changed. I know mine is.

 

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
   your works are wonderful,
   I know that full well. 

Psalm 139:14