You ARE Beautiful!

Many of us have grown up with the pressures of the world all around us. On television, in magazines, on billboards are endless images of what “beauty” is. Many of us have grown up not feeling good enough, not pretty enough. Some have been called fat, or ugly. Some have been told that they would never amount to anything, or they were good for nothing. Some have been abused, neglected, and rejected. As we grew up, images and words have shaped our worlds. As we became teens and adults many times those things have held us back from fully becoming who we were created to become. Some have not been able to see past those images and words, and see the true beauty of who they are.

As we have gone through these pressures, many of us have tried to make ourselves beautiful by the world’s standard; some through makeup, some through plastic surgery, and some have starved themselves. Other’s have tried to find their validation in other people, finding someone to make them feel like they are beautiful or worth something. The problem with these things is that they are just temporary fixes. Makeup will wash off, once you start with the plastic surgery, you will find more and more “flaws”. People can leave, and when they go, the sense of beauty and self-worth go with them. It’s time for us to begin to believe what God said about us, and begin to let Him renew our mind (Romans 12:2), and let Him frame our world (Hebrews 11:3), instead of allowing the media and people to frame our world.

Remember we were all made in God’s image (Genesis 1:26), and He said that what He created is GOOD (Genesis 1:31)!

Psalm 139:13-14
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.

1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For [the LORD] does not [see] as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."

I am here to tell you today that each and every one of you is beautiful. You were created with a purpose, you were chosen by God before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4)! God does not make mistakes, He is a master creator! He is the ultimate artist! Everything He has created is beautiful, we just have to begin to see beauty by God’s standard, and not see beauty by man’s standard. Only an awesomely creative God could make so many different people and make them all unique and distinctive. How boring would it be if we all looked alike! I want each of you to begin to celebrate who you are, celebrate what God gave you. If you have not been able to see the beauty within yourself before, ask God to show you. Ask Him to reveal you to yourself through His eyes. Allow yourself to see the beauty that He created which is YOU!

I’m going to leave you with this song by Jonny Diaz called More Beautiful You…

Little girl fourteen flipping through a magazine
Says she wants to look that way
But her hair isn’t straight her body isn’t fake
And she’s always felt overweight

Well little girl fourteen I wish that you could see
That beauty is within your heart
And you were made with such care your skin your body and your hair
Are perfect just the way they are

There could never be a more beautiful you
Don’t buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you

Little girl twenty-one the things that you’ve already done
Anything to get ahead
And you say you’ve got a man but he’s got another plan
Only wants what you will do instead

Well little girl twenty-one you never thought that this would come
You starve yourself to play the part
But I can promise you there’s a man whose love is true
And he’ll treat you like the jewel you are

There could never be a more beautiful you
Don’t buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you

So turn around you’re not too far
To back away be who you are
To change your path go another way
It’s not too late you can be saved
If you feel depressed with past regrets
The shameful nights hope to forget
Can disappear they can all be washed away
By the one who’s strong can right your wrongs
Can rid your fears dry all your tears
And change the way you look at this big world
He will take your dark distorted view
And with His light He will show you truth
And again you’ll see through the eyes of a little girl

There could never be a more beautiful you
Don’t buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you
There could never be, a more beautiful you.

God Bless!

Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org