The Beautiful Truth

My sweet husband informed me he didn’t like the title of this blog, ”because” he said “you’re already beautiful.” (good man) I know I am beautiful.  Not because I feel beautiful or because my husband tells me all the time but because God says I am. And I am who He says I am (thank you Beth Moore). I believe I am both currently beautiful and being made beautiful.  I haven’t always believed this but two years ago God spoke to my heart and there was no arguing. Here’s the story… 

I was at church, we were singing the song “You Are Beautiful MySweet, Sweet Song”.  I was praising God and began to pray, “You are beautiful Lord and everything you touch is beautiful.” Pictures started flashing through my mind of breathtaking landscapes and animals. “You are Beautiful Creator, all you have made is beautiful, the mountains, the ocean, the animals…” Then I hear him whisper “and you, I have made you and you are beautiful.” I stood there in awe. It was like He spoke directly to my heart, like it was fact, and instantly I knew it was true.  I still didn’t feel beautiful but somehow I knew I was. A few weeks later I started attending a bible study called “Do YouThink I’m Beautiful” by Angela Thomas. When the leader asked me if I felt that I was loved by God and seen as beautiful I said yes. I went on to explain however that I felt the only thing lovable or beautiful about me was Jesus in me and that I was really like filthy rags. She gently reminded me that He says it is my righteousness that is like filthy rags (Isaiah64:6), not me and even those who don’t know Christ as Savior are still loved by God, still seen as beautiful. I learned then and continue to believe that we are deeply loved by God and seen as beautiful for no other reason than He made us. I am loved by God not for what I do, how clever I am or how good, not for how I look but because He made me and I belong to Him. This is a truth that I have said many times but now I am finally knowing and believing.