Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Beauty in my eyes, or God's eyes?

I have hear billions of times that we are created in God's Image and that should make us feel good right? Well, as I a girl and I know many girls have this problem, we tend to criticize every PORE! on our body! We have days when we feel pretty, days when we feel ugz! and all that girly drama. As I read Genesis 1,  I found the typical words we hear. Yes, God is perfect, We are created in His image, soooo we should be perfect in his eyes. Again I do not see myself perfect in my eyes! I looked up more verses to see what would make me feel better about myself (haha, yeah, I had a moment). I found many verses that talked about the purity of the heart(Psalm) and how we have to shine like stars(Phil). And yep, this made me feel better, I know that being created in God's image is AWESOME!, but then I felt God telling me "what good is it to be pretty in your eyes(physically) and being ugly on the inside?" True Beauty comes from within. If we are good on the inside, being light and having a heart that seeks God, then we are going to have God's grace in our lives. Our inner state reflects on the outside. To look pretty on the outside, we have to clean and purify the inside. Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. We have to take care of ourselves. I learned that it is ok to look pretty as long as it is not our number one priority.

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