I always felt like everyone in the whole wide world was prettier than me. I kinda hated for people to look at me because I felt so unattractive. Jesus has even gotten me over that. I know now the person He has made and is making me to be is pretty. It comes from trusting in Him, resting in Him, being secure in Him and in His gift of salvation, being saturated with Him and letting Him flow forth from me and from rejoicing in who I am in Him. This beauty He gives those who are His is hard to describe or put into words. Yet it is as visible or knowable as any solid form of beauty we may see. Thank You Lord. Amen.

Beauty And More From The Lord

I was a pilgrim on heavens road.

I felt ugly, dirty, worn, and old from my load.

Then Jesus came to me.

Now I bowed my head and said Lord don't look I'm not fit for You to see.

He gently lift my head and gazed into my heart.

Then He asked me will you invite Me in never to depart?

I melted and I began to cry.

I was barely able to reply.

Yes Lord Oh Please Do Come in.

He did and He cleansed me from all my sin.

Suddenly I felt brand new.

I saw myself in His eyes and His beauty was in Me and on me too.

 I  have a beauty I never had before.

Because Jesus lives in me ever more.

I am saved, safe, clean and secure.

Who could ask for more.

A Beauty Lesson

My husband and I are going to Hawaii soon. According to the worlds view; it is a place full of  beautiful tan bikini women and handsome tan men. This could depress me and make me feel ugly and insecure; if it were not for what Jesus has taught me about beauty. I would sometimes comment about thinking I am ugly. Sweet kind people would tell me I am pretty and that inner beauty is better than outward beauty. This is true outward beauty will fade away and yet not true as the rest of the saying goes( inner beauty will stay I pray). After all a persons inner beauty can disappear too. There is nothing wrong with outward beauty. What is sad is when there is outward beauty with no inner beauty. To me outward beauty is physically fit people, with unblemished skin, healthy hair, nice teeth. Inner beauty to me is being filled with the Holy Spirit, and trying to be like Jesus, it's loving God above all and everything with all my might, it's loving my neighbor as myself. It is also being who God has and is creating me to be; and not some fake or phony and not who I think God and others want or expect me to be. I really must confess that I do not know fully what real beauty is, because I can not put God's beauty in a box (or jar like cold cream) and slather it on which I wish I could do. The more I am with God, Jesus, The Holy Spirit the more I see their beauty and I will not behold their total splendor until I get to heaven because earthly eyes can't handle or comprehend it. I am glad He blesses me daily with glimpses of His beauty. So I can try to imitate what I see. Here's where the beauty lesson comes in. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handy work. (Psalm 19:1). I look around and see beauty in what He has made an outward expression of what's inward, I pray the inner beauty of God is displayed outwardly in all I do. Every word of God is pure He is a shield to those who trust in Him. (Proverbs30:5)  I pray the inner beauty of  God is displayed in all I say. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God will shine forth. (Psalms 50:2) I pray I will shine forth His reflection  it is perfect beauty I am made in His image and in the end I shall be like Him. (Genesis 1:26-1 Corinthians 15:49-52) God is beautiful inside and out and only with the help of the God, The Holy Spirit, and Jesus  can I display a little of that beauty. As I put on the oil of gladness, as God, The Holy Spirit and Jesus saturates me; I bid you aloha! (hallelujah! I am saved! Pretty! Safe! Secure! And I feel pretty dog gone good about who I am in Jesus!) 

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