“Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
Mother Teresa
Day 10- A Perfect 10... On a Scale of 1 to 10...Coincidence? Maybe...
Smile...You're Beautiful- It's True! - Don't let anyone else tell you different.
Beauty is the core to a woman- who she is and what she longs to be- and one of the most glorious ways to bear the image of God in a broken and often ugly world. It's messy to talk about. It's mysterious. And that should not surprise us. Women are creatures of mystery, not problems to be solved but mysteries to be enjoyed.
Woman want to impact the world for good. We want to make it more beautiful. We put flowers on the table, decorate our homes, paint our toenails, color our hair, pierce our ears, all in an effort to be ever more beautiful.
With beauty I don't mean " a perfect figure." The beauty of a woman is her soulish beauty. Deep within and so bright it comes shining out! Beauty is what the world longs to experience from a woman. We all know that. Somewhere deep down we know it's true. Beauty was given to all of us from God! Beauty is powerful, Beauty speaks, Beauty invites, Beauty nourishes, Beauty comforts, and Beauty inspires. Beauty draws us to God. (think sunsets, waterfalls, trees, flowers,)
Put your defenses down. Set aside your normal means of survival and let your heart show up- Beauty comes with it! A woman in her glory, a woman of beauty, is a woman who is not striving to become beautiful or worthy enough. She knows in her quiet center where God dwells that HE finds her beautiful, has deemned her worthy, and in HIM she is more than enough. A woman of true beauty offers others the grace to be and the room to become.
Beauty comes for most when we don't know it, when we are at rest with ourself. Loving, Helping and being the woman GOD intended us to be! - when we are not trying to make it come.
YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL...GOD DESIGNED US (woman) LAST...The Crescendo...The Cherry on Top...the final work of God. He saved the BEST for last and don't ever forget that. Look out the window right now- just do it... and say, "The whole vast world is incomplete without me, Creation reached its zenith in me."
Be The Beauty you want to see in the World- start today...
Many of these words were inspired from the book: "Captivating"- by John & Stasi Eldredge
3 comments:
This is beautiful - one thing I tend to forget everynow and again (that it's not about the figure and yet more about the inside). Thanks for the reminder, I can always hold onto this one.
To all the beautiful woman in the world and to those who do not even know it....
Brooke
This is the coolest! PERFECT reminder in my life today, thank you! I am loving these 1-a-days of your positive thinking!
AND Mother T. is an all time favorite for me :)
I love Mother Teresa, Her books touch my heart and how I would love to be more like her. Little Reagan's picture too cute, he really has grown since then. Great Post- you are on your way to a Book!!! Proud of you Cricket...Love Ericka (have fun camping tonight, call about me babysitting the dogs, not a problem.)
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