Thursday, May 2, 2013

Beauty From The Heart





As I stroll by, I see countless girls. You can tell in their eyes that they just want to feel loved.

Feel beautiful. Feel worthy. If they only knew!

As I approach the mirror I see my reflection.

Those days, when I simply don’t feel beautiful or in my own mind look beautiful.

It’s so easy to get caught up with those beauty product adds, you try them and feel discouraged because they didn’t work.

You start thinking “ What’s wrong? What’s wrong with me? If I COULD just look like that girl in the magazine I would be happy ,flawless… elegant. Beautiful.  Is this really true?

In our society so many girls don’t know what true beauty is.

And Lord, I sometimes get lost myself.

Lord I struggle sometimes seeing what you see . A couple months ago I thought for a moment and asked

YOU…‘’How do you see me?’’ and you said ‘’Radiant.’’

 I paused, and pondered, my eyes lifted to the sky with joy and delight. I never thought that you would see me as radiant. I could come up with an endless list of all my flaws…not radiant at all.

But the amazing thing is, you look past that.  You see Jesus first, then you look through my heart and see me. 

Myself. The true me.  Hearing something from YOU made me feel prized. Special. Beautiful. Loved.

It made me feel prized because you choose to see me the way I will be one day. You see me as ‘’RADIANT’’ because I’m a reflection of your RADIANCE.

When I  hear whispers of doubt. You gently remind me that I am beautiful through you.

It breaks my heart when I see girls striving for that feeling… maybe because I have been there too.

Make my heart reflect your beauty… When people see me, Please let them see YOU.. Your grace, Your love.

Use me. Shape me. Mold me.

K~

 


1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”


1 comment:

  1. I'm speechless... Katherine, the way you say things is so touching. God has blessed you with the gift of speech. You do have beauty from the heart.

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