So imagine me sitting in the
front seat next to my husband sniffling up a storm… so much so that my boys ask
if I’m crying. I was actually being careful not to unleash all the tears
that wanted to pour down my face. I even had to take a moment to compose
myself before I went into my friend’s house.
The tears surfaced right now
as I watched the video again.
Why is this video so meaningful
to me? Because God used this exact tactic to help me start fighting the
ugly lies that I believed for a long time. He used friends who only knew me AFTER I got Bell’s Palsy (which paralyzed the left side of my face) to tell
me that they saw nothing wrong with my face… that in fact, they saw me as
beautiful. It was shocking to me… I couldn’t believe that they didn’t
notice things like my crooked smile. But they didn’t and God used their compliments to help me
realize that I needed to change my views too… which eventually led me to recite
beauty scriptures to myself in the mirror two times a day. And over the course of time, by renewing my mind with God's truth about my beauty, I began to be set free. God began to transform my mind with His truth (Romans 12:2), and I began to see beauty in me. God is so
faithful in helping us change our perceptions and thoughts about ourselves when
we are intentional about making the changes.
Can you imagine how different
our lives would be if we all believed that we truly were beautiful? What
if we saw ourselves as God sees us: Fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm
139:14), a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned with glory and
honor (Psalm 8:5); good (1 Timothy 4:4), made in His image (Genesis 1:26), a
beauty (Psalm 45:11)? And what if we taught these same truths to our
daughters? Our youth? Our friends who struggle just like we
do?
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