Am I Beautiful?

I believe every woman no matter where she lives or what she does for a living deep down, somewhere in her soul, wants to be beautiful.  There are gals I have met that insist this is not true, but you know what, I don't believe them.  I will admit that I want to be beautiful, maybe it is not as important to be beautiful to everyone, but there are certainly people in my life I want to think that I am beautiful.  Now I am going to say, I have had people in my life that I never doubted thought I was beautiful.  My Dad told me from the time I can remember, every time I saw him just how beautiful he thought that I was.  Although, I am sure this was a biased opinion, that did not matter.  I knew that he thought I was beautiful.  As a little girl to a grown woman I never got tired of him telling me just that.  One of the first things that I told Jeff after my Dad passed away was that I was going to need to hear him tell me I was beautiful because my Dad was no longer here to do that for me.  And what a great husband I have because he has really stepped it up in the "Judy, you look great today".  He is really not a "beautiful" word kind of guy, but you know what, it works for me.  I want my beauty to come from inside as well and that is where I have to rely on God to give me the beauty that will permeate from His heart into mine allowing myself full exposure and vulnerability to those I do life with.  To trust Him and offer my true self to those around me is hard at times but I know, again, deep down God says I am beautiful and I want to live in that. 

Show me your face, let me hear your voice;

For your voice is sweet and your face is lovely.

Song of Solomon 2:14

Comments

[Megan]

Are you beautiful? Yes, my friend, you are. Indeed.

[Mary Craig]

You are because you are created in God's OWN image! :-)

[amanda]

i have lots of doors, i want to know your idea!!

[Dana Nichols]

Beautifully said!