Beautiful <3

Beauty - a lot of girls, my self included, wonder what beauty is..and I think I might be getting my mind around it...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
In America, beauty is deathly skinny, perfectly tanned skin, and the willingness to show it off.
In Uzbeckistan, beauty means a unibrow and golden teeth.
In China...beauty is breaking your feet and wrapping them so they are incredibly small.

How are young girls supposed to know what true beauty is??...God's Word is truth..so that's where we should look...

Beauty is...

honesty
modesty
mystery
trustworthiness
love
compassion
joy
strength
faithfulness
knowing when to say no
humility
guarding your heart
mercy
self respect
purity

Americas definition of beauty does not last beyond a certain age and the havoc of a few children on our bodies....

I have heard sooo many girls say recently that they feel like guys, even "good guys" choose girls that will show it off...that is sadly true sometimes...but this IS NOT the case for ALLLLL guys. Ladies! we can't stereotype them, we can't blame America's skewed definition of beauty on them. They are victims in this...THIS view of beauty is just as hard on their minds as it is on ours. Think about it, our media is force feeding their minds the beautiful bodies of airbrushed women on a daily basis. My heart breaks for my brothers in Christ, and my future husband...whose hearts are bombarded with temptation on a daily basis. I am so burdened to pray for men and the protection of their hearts but also to pray for these women who are selling out and using their bodies for empty fulfillment. It is such a tragedy!

God gave women power..womens bodies are beautiful...and that's a seriously powerful thing...this is a treasure that needs to be guarded!!! We should captivate men by how much we respect ourselves...not by how intoxicating our bodies are. Let's wash our make up off..and be beautiful because our heart is so beautiful that it radiates out of us....lets treasure ourselves just as God treasures us...:-) I wanna be lost in Jesus.

Here's what our amazing Creator has to say about beauty...Psalm 31:30 " Charm is deceitful, and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised."

I think that pretty much sums it up.

hmm...I think that tomorrow I am not going to wear make up, put on my plainest and most comfortable outfit...and marvel in the fact that I am still considered beautiful by my creator :-)



For My Love - Bethany Dillon

Walk towards me
I want to hear the heavens singing over you
When you breathe and look at me
I want to be captured by you
Gaze into my eyes and let me know you’d fight thousands, for my love
Slip your hand in mine
Ask me to dance with you tonight
Just ask me for my love

I want to hide
What’s deep in my eyes
I’m scared to be known by you
But when I turn my head and see you there
I want to be pursued
Gaze into my eyes and let me know you’d fight thousands, for my love
Slip your hand in mine
Ask me to dance with you tonight
Just ask me for my love

A dream I won’t wake from
A story that will never end
The ground your feet walk on
Let me be there, let me be there
Gaze into my eyes
Let me know you’d fight thousands, for my love
Slip your hand in mine
Ask me to dance with you tonight
Just ask me for my love
Gaze into my eyes
Let me know you’d fight thousands, for my love
Slip your hand in mine
Ask me to dance with you tonight

Ask me for my love