My sister let me borrow a little devotional book that she has and I recently started using it. One of the lessons really got me thinking and I'd like to share some of my thoughts with you.
Sometimes I get in my moods and everything about myself I wish I could change.
"Oh, look at that girl. She's so pretty. She doesn't have one single bit of acne on her face. I wish I was that pretty."
"That girl is so sweet. She never does anything to make people mad or irritated. I wish I was more like her."
"Look at her hair. It's so thick and wavy and it's the prettiest color. And she has the perfect eye color to match. I wish I could look more like that."
"She has all of the attention. Everybody likes her, especially the guys, and, well, I wish I could be more like her."
I struggle with thinking these things ALL OF THE TIME and I KNOW that a lot of you girls do too.
WE NEED TO STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!!!!
"I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well."
- Psalms 139:14
God has made each one of us differently. Each with our own abilities. Each with our own personalities. (Wouldn't it be boring if we were all the same?)
He knew our names, what we would look like, what our struggles would be, and what our personalities would be like before we were even thought of. Before we were even born. HE KNEW YOU!
"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;"
- Jeremiah 1:5a
God made you the way He wants you to be and He wants you to be content with how He saw fit to design you. You are fashioned by the hand of God. He made you different than "her" for a reason. So you can fulfill His purposes for your life. If you were like "her" than the Lord wouldn't be able to use you like He wanted to. Like He planned.
Also, we need to stop telling ourselves that we're are ugly, because WE ARE NOT! God made us in His image (Genesis 1:12) and He loves us the way we are.
And it is not about what we look like on the outside anyway.
"...for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."
- 1 Samuel 16:7b
Really, all we should be concerned about is our hearts. We need to make sure that we are all right with the Lord.
I wrote this post for me just as much as I wrote it for you. We all need this reminder. It can get hard sometimes I know, but we need to remember that God made us all different for a reason. For His purpose.
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