Ok, Cup 1 - Surrender to God, I get this, I can do this. Cup 2 - Encounter Your Journal, again I can get this, that doesn't necessarily mean that I am great at it. Cup 3 - Listen to Your Longings, sure, I've listened to my longings all my life and now I understand that my longings will never be filled. BUT!!! Embrace My Beauty - Cup 4, this is a hard cup to savour.
Beauty is a funny thing, because it doesn't matter what other people tell you about yourself, it is about how you perceive yourself. We ARE our worst critics. Audrey tells me I'm beautiful, sure but she's 5 and she's suppose to think that. Andy says I'm beautiful, but love is blind:) Now, try to get one of my teens to say I'm beautiful! That will never happen. Beauty truly is in the eye of the beholder and we see ourselves through our eyes and not God Glasses. Why is it we can see other's through His eyes, yet we cannot or will not see ourselves through His eyes. Is it because we "know" the truth about ourselves. I know I've gained 5 pounds, I know I didn't wash my hair today or put on my makeup, I know my thoughts (good and bad), I know my past....Guess what so does HE.
I have a hard time with thinking I'm beautiful, don't get me wrong I know I am not a bad looking woman, but it sounds kind of vain to say "I'm beautiful." It's ok, Nicole isn't suggesting that we go around thinking we are all that and a box of chocolates. She is merely saying that we should "embrace" our beauty. The God given beauty that lies in all of us. Each and every one of you are beautiful! I think so, I hope you think so too.
God Bless you today!
Denise
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Wednesday, February 6, 2008
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