"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Such is the phrase.
What beholder? Who decides what is beautiful?
A spouse or lover? A parent? An artist? A creator?
Christ calls you beautiful. Christ, whose bride is the Church--and that includes all those who believe in Him.
Christ, who loves us all more than we could ever imagine.
God Himself, our Father, the ultimate caring parent.
God, the Creator of the world, the designer of all things beautiful--
He decides what is beautiful.
And He has called you Beautiful.
You, beautiful one. You are beautiful in the eyes of the only Beholder who really matters.
So tell someone they're beautiful today. And if they blush and say bashfully, "No, I'm not really," tell them, "Yes, you are--because God made you and He thinks you're beautiful."
Then go look in the mirror and tell the same thing to your own beautiful face!
Beauty is all around us if we were to open our eyes,
ReplyDeleteGreat post Jaime.
Yvonne.
So true! Thanks Yvonne!
DeleteNow this is a beautiful post. I will practice the mirror exercise now :). Thanks for your visit and have a beautiful day!
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You just made my day. Thanks for taking the time to stop by! :)
DeleteWell written, dear girl. Our Creator God is the One we turn to to measure all beauty, to determine what is excellent and praise-worthy. What is "good" music? What is "beautiful" artwork? We look to the Creator, to His Word, to His work in creation to set the standard.
ReplyDeleteWhile we look in the mirror, we can remember God's words to His people in Zephaniah 3:
"The Lord your God is in your midst,
a mighty one who will save;
he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing."
We are precious and beautiful to Him!
YES! So true. Thank you, Mom! :)
DeleteI am fearfully and wonderfully made -- and in the image of God. Beatiful.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Thank you!
Deletethis post made me smile. In high school we were constantly told "you are a result of God's friendship". I loved that phrase, and you echoed it a bit here in your post. Thanks for writing this.
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I'm so glad! :) And I love that! You're most welcome, and thanks for commenting.
DeleteThank you! It's so hard to take a compliment. That makes it so much easier!
ReplyDeleteJamie Dement (LadyJai)
http://writebackwards.we3dements.com
You're so welcome! I'm glad :)
DeleteSuch a great post. So simple and yet we always forget that every single one of us is beautiful because God made us the way we are.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mallory! YES! That's what I was hoping to convey. :)
DeleteWe are in His image. How can we not be beautiful?
ReplyDeleteLee
Wrote By Rote
An A to Z Co-host blog
Mm. YES. Love this. :)
DeleteThank you! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful thought.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteIt is all about Inner Beauty.
ReplyDeleteDamyanti @Daily(w)rite
Co-host, A to Z Challenge 2013
Twitter: @AprilA2Z
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YES. And our inner worth, which comes from being creations of God! :)
Deleteoh now this is a tough one! I'll do my best :)
ReplyDeleteI blog on Christian stuff at auntyamo.com but am doing AtoZ on my fiction blog.
Also hubby is doing it too if you'd like to pop over there :) http://richm612.wordpress.com/
Oh, it's a struggle for me too! And I'll have to stop by! :)
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