Beauty in the Storm

Everyday I get up and get ready for the day. I spend approximately an hour and fifteen minutes getting ready in the morning from shower to finish. I find something to wear, blow dry my hair, put on my full face makeup, straighten my hair, then accessorize. I do all this to just to start my day. This is what the world has come to expect of me, and I do it for the most part.

Don't get me wrong, I love to get ready, it makes me feel better if I do that routine, than if I were to go "naked and natural". However, every time I open a magazine for whatever reason, I am bombarded with "pretty" people. Their hair is never out of place, makeup is flawless, and there isn't an ounce of cellulite to be seen. In what world is this the norm? Where I come from, people eat, have bad hair days, struggle with their weight, everyday is NOT perfect.

On this Earth there has only been one perfect person. That was the man that came here to do one thing and that was to give his life for no other reason but because He loved us. Jesus always knew what was going to happen to him. He did everything with us in His mind. He saw me and all my imperfections and still gave up His life. He loved me for me, flaws and all.

Now we must love ourselves and each other because He did. Jesus loves us, so we should love us. When God made you, He made you with a purpose and saw you as you needed to be. It is okay to want to make yourself feel better as long as it is for the glory of God and not yourself. There can never be a more beautiful you than when you are giving God the glory.