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Hey everybody! I thought I'd "corespond" with you all. Sometimes we lose track of things, you know? But this isn't an ordinary "this is what is going on in my life" kind of post. More of "this is what we are going through/surrounded by in our lives" kind of post. Sometimes we just get things put in our hearts to share with people, and this is one of those things. And so, in my many failed attempts to write something beautiful and encouraging and, well, moving to pass on to those of you I love most dearly, I can think of only this:
How many times do we sit infront of our mirrors, trying to prefect our appearance? For us girls it would be things to the point of how to make our eyes stand out; how to make our lips full and "sexy"; what clothes to wear with which shoes, purse, and perfume; how to make our hair just right; how to attract the right guys and so on.
Read that through. See how many things are there? And I'm positive that I missed some things. We do so many things to ourselves to make us feel better about ourselves, to make us appear better to others, and (once again) so on. But how many times do we go through, doing all those things, and we find that there is still something...something we can't stand about ourselves? Something that we feel is not quite enough, that even after all that we aren't quite enough? Our society has made such a big deal on what to look like on the outside. Showing off supermodels with perfect complexions, figures, and hair. And through all that we make it our top priority to change ourselves, because obviously something is wrong if we aren't how the media says we should be, right?
Wrong! Why do we put so much into changing what we look like on the outside, but still hate ourselves because we can never achieve perfection? Our father has created us in his image, beautiful in His eyes, put here for a purpose. To Him we are all Drop Dead Gorgeous, no matter what we do with our hair, body, or any part of our appearance. Too many times all we hear from others, mostly the media, that if only we could change this or that, then we would really be beautiful. Why can't we see the truth? The truth isn't said often enough...
YOU are beautiful.....
YOU are, and will always be enough, just the way you are....
To someone, YOU are the sunshine on a cloudy day....
YOU make someone's day when you simply give them a smile....
YOU are loved by the Father, no matter what....
God sees YOU as someone so astonishing, YOU were worth dying for....
YOU were- and are -worth the pain, persecution, and hate Jesus faced.....YOU
When Jesus met the Samaratin woman at the well, and asked for a drink, she asked Him: "Why would you ask me? I am a Samaratin." In those days, Jews and Samaratins didn't talk to each other. He said to her "If you knew who I was, you would be asking me for a drink. For I give the Living Water of life. Whovever comes to me shall have a drink, and shall never thirst again."
Whoever comes to me....whoever....
Not "the prettiest" or "skinniest" or "best dressed". Whoever...
Never thirst again.....never....
Not like the things we find in life to make ourselves better, eh? We do this or that or buy these things and for a moment, they might make us happy, but that wears off. And soon enough we "thirst" for something more. God's love isn't like that. It fills us up, no matter what.
God sees YOU as someone so astonishing, YOU were worth dying for....
YOU were- and are -worth the pain, persecution, and hate Jesus faced.....YOU
Christ sacrificed himself for us, because he loved us...because we were- and are -worth everyting to Him. Suddenly spending countless time on finding out how to look just right seems a bit silly, doesn't it?
God loves you. He created you. He knows everything there is to know about you, and He doesn't love you any less. YOU are the most gorgeous thing in the world to Him. YOU.........
Don't ever forget that...
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