for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;
for man looketh on the outward appearance,
but the Lord looketh on the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7
Seeing myself as beautiful.
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This is a struggle, because I am comparing my former mommy-frame with my new and improved(?) mommy-body. I also can't stand the famous women in the media who look better now that they are a post-pregger. And it all happened within two months after they gave birth. Can you say unfair? (Although I know they spend all their quality time at the gym while I spend un-charted hours singing to, snuggling, and loving on my baby girl.)
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It encourages me to know that I am beautiful in God's eyes. That He sees my heart. And that is what is most important to Him. I need to hear those words and feed on them everyday.
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My heart needs to be in line with Him. And I need to put those things I learn into the heart of my daughter.
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My confidence in myself (not the prideful, self-focused kind of confidence) needs to be rooted in the eyes of my God, not in the eyes of the world and it's vision of beauty.
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I am blessed to be a beautiful child of God!
May He continue to remind me of this truth daily!
Hey Michelle! Larry emailed Mike about meeting up tonight!!! Tell Mike to call him-we just found his note YESTERDAY!!!! We would love to meet up with ya'll!
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ReplyDeleteHope you are having fun on your vacation. I am so with you on this beauty thing. I look back on pictures and wonder why I didn't appreciate myself more. But then I think in a few years I will say the same thing about pics now. I wish we could just snap our fingers and get our old bodies back!! TTYS