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and that is something that i have personally struggled with for the past...five years. five years of my life have been wasted away thinking that i'm not pretty enough, i'm not rich enough, that i'm not enough. well, enough IS enough!
it's time that we take responsibility for what we are and what we are not. for me, this means flushing out the lies that have been told to me and start listening to the truth. it means, stop doing what i don't want to become. it means start following the dreams that i've been dreaming.
a lot of who i am today has been shaped by the things that God has began to show me. it says in His word that He has made everything beautiful in its time {Ecclesiastes 3:11}. and with that being said, my time--YOUR time--is now. God has made YOU beautiful for this time, so...
do not let your adorning be external--the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear--buy let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. {1 Peter 3:3-4}inside you is a beauty so precious, so gentle, and so quiet that sometimes we can't even see it ourselves. but even though we can't see it all the time, God does. this reminds me of my favorite verse, found in 2 Corinthians chapter 4, verses 16-18:
therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.beauty is out there and it is also in you. it is there for the taking. so what? five years of my life have been wasted away...to be honest, my whole life is wasting away at this moment. but each day i am being renewed by Gods love and grace. and by fixing my eyes on the things unseen, i have begun to truly understand the promises of God.
