More Beautiful You

The world is a hard place to live. I often wish that we could just crawl up onto God’s lap and stay there forever. Everything is safe, perfect and you really feel the love He has for us and how much He values us.

But then you crawl back down, because we are not called to be safe. We are called to be among the world, to show them how not to be apart of it. We are going to be among the media messages, the public school messages, the Women’s magazines messages, the model world messages, and within all these messages are daggers that damage our hearts and make us forget the value that God bestows upon us with his love.

I have always had self-esteem issues. I don’t look like the girls in the magazine. I have always had a few extra pounds; I have never had those long lean legs or taunt stomach. I am average and sometimes it is so hard to feel beautiful when you are constantly compared to models and the beauties of this world. If you look into what the world views women as, there is no way to measure up. And you should not want to measure up. God calls us to be His children, not children of the world.

I try to hard to strive to be beautiful in the world’s eyes that sometimes I forget that the most important person to impress isn’t part of this world. God is not going to love me more if my hair has highlights and lowlights. God isn’t going to find me more attractive if I lose 20 pounds.

God is going to find me more attractive when my heart grows. He is going to be proud when I gain patience, kindness, goodness, self-control. He is going to look at me differently when I love my neighbor as myself. He is going to long to spend more time with me when I push away the television shows, the magazines, the novels and seek some quiet time alone with Him.

I know that I will always struggle with self-esteem, but the closer I come to God the more He lets me see who I really am and who I am meant to be. I am His daughter. I am His child. That is so amazing. I can bring more friends to know Him by showing them His kindness; much more that I could by painting their toenails.

I hope that through my growth I can encourage those around to know they are beautiful. I am going to make a goal of letting those around me know that their insides are far more special to God and me than their outsides. Even if they have the cutest shoes, if they don’t have God, they are severely missing out. I hope that by pointing out attitude and traits more than a new hairstyle or pair of jeans will encourage more personal growth in my own life and their own.

And the hopefully, as our daughters of the world grow up, they won’t feel overweight. They will see that the beauty is within their hearts and that we are perfect just the way we are. Please read the lyrics and find the song to listen to. It is so powerful.

More Beautiful You by Jonny Diaz

Little girl fourteen flipping through a magazine
Says she wants to look that way
But her hair isn't straight her body isn't fake
And she's always felt overweight

Well little girl fourteen I wish that you could see
That beauty is within your heart
And you were made with such care your skin your body and your hair
Are perfect just the way they are

There could never be a more beautiful you
Don't buy the lies disguises and hoops they make you jump through
You were made to fill a purpose that only you could do
So there could never be a more beautiful you

Little girl twenty-one the things that you've already done
Anything to get ahead
And you say you've got a man but he's got another plan
Only wants what you will do instead

Well little girl twenty-one you never thought that this would come
You starve yourself to play the part
But I can promise you there's a man whose love is true
And he'll treat you like the jewel you are

So turn around you're not too far
To back away be who you are
To change your path go another way
It's not too late you can be saved
If you feel depressed with past regrets
The shameful nights hope to forget
Can disappear they can all be washed away
By the one who's strong can right your wrongs
Can rid your fears dry all your tears
And change the way you look at this big world
He will take your dark distorted view
And with His light He will show you truth
And again you'll see through the eyes of a little girl