Beautiful.

Girls.

We desire to possess a beauty that is worth pursing, worth fighting for, a beauty that is the core to who we are, and a beauty of our own.

But what we so often forget is that we do have a beauty that is pursued  Every day the Lord wants us to have an intimiate relationship with Him. We have a beauty that was fought for, years ago when Jesus give it all up and died on the cross. He didn't just fight for you, He died for you. We have a beauty that is the core to we are are. Proverbs 4:23, "guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life."  Why? Because the Lord knows our hearts are the core to who we are. Our hearts define our faith, our hope, our courage, and how we love. Your heart is by far the most important, and the most beautiful thing about you. We have beauty of our own, Psalms 139:13, "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." 

Ruth might have been a beautiful woman, but it is her faith and continued desire to follow the Lord that attracts Boaz.

Esther is the most beautiful woman in her land, but its her bravery and good heart that moves the King to spare the people.

What do these women do that we don't? 

They set their hearts not on the things in front of them, they weren't satisfied when someone called them beautiful. They set their hearts above, they were not only be satisfied but completed knowing that the one above called them beautiful. 

Don't you see it. You are beautiful. You are LOVED.

Take Eve. Usually when we think of Eve, we think; the one who ate the apple. What we don't realize is that Eve was the final work of God. She completed creation. Not a random addition, not an afterthought, but the final touch. Next time you feel like you are not important, look out across the earth and tell yourself, "this would not be complete without me." 

You make me beautiful 

You make me stand in awe 

You step inside my heart, and I am amazed 

I love to hear You say 

Who I am is quite enough 

You make me worthy of love and beautiful. - Bethany Dillion

Who are you?

You are God-designed. 

You are Lavishly Loved. 

You are a Princess. 

Your Father is the King.

You are a daughter of the King of the universe.

You are beautiful.