Today God taught me a much needed lesson. I was asked to change my appearance for a class and at first I was really upset, but now I know that God made me go through this trial because he was trying to tell me that I am beautiful. I have just recently come to be content with how I looked and my identity in Christ. I think as women image is a major issue in many of our lives (I would love to meet a woman who doesn't struggle with this) I have been obsessing over my image because of one person's opinion. I have based my personality and the way I carry myself from the way I look. Well God knows me better than I know myself. He knows how stubborn I am and that he was going to have to lead my through a trial for me to realize how stupid I am. We shouldn't build our identity from whether we have blonde, brown, or blue hair; the color of our complexion; the clothes we wear; or our personality. He wants us to find who we are in HIM. He is beautiful, pure, loving, compassionate, gracious, lovely; EVERY GOOD THING COMES FROM GOD!! I was obsessing over one measly person's opinion of me and I never thought to stop and think for a second what does God think of me? God tells us that we are "precious and honored" in his sight in Isiah chapter 43 (my favorite passage <3 ) If you look around at the wonders of this world, he has made everything and everyone beautiful because we are made in HIS IMAGE and HE IS BEAUTIFUL!! It's such a good thing to meditate on. He is beautiful. He made us in His image. Therefore, WE ARE BEAUTIFUL!! AND we find ourselves in His character! It doesn't matter where we have been, what we've done, what we look like, He loves us the same yesterday, today, tomorrow, and forever. I think Tenth Avenue North really captures how I'm feeling right now with this song and I couldn't say it better.
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