“I
wish as a single girl I hadn't felt the need to hear that I was
‘pretty or cute’ to make me actually feel pretty or cute. Sure,
it's nice hearing my fiance tell me that (love it, not gonna lie),
but it's such an insecurity of mine now, that it hurts when my fiance
thinks another girl is pretty. That's so wrong. God made me exactly
how I should look and He made my fiance for me; and I just wish every
young woman I know knew how beautiful they are. You don't need a guy
or anyone else to tell you that, because the most important man that
will or ever has been in your life thinks you’re gorgeous.”
…interesting
way to start a devotion, isn’t it? :) One of my friends put this
as her facebook status a while back, and it really caught my
attention. So much so, that I wrote her and asked her if I could use
her status in our blog-ministry sometime, and she said yes.
It
is so, so good that this friend of mine is learning this before she
is even married; that she is willing to share this thought with her
own peers, encouraging them to be satisfied, content, and confident
in the person that God has made them to be. What a great reminder,
my dear girls, that we are indeed created in God’s image – think
about that! God created everything else first, completely different
than Him in every way…but then, when He made man, He said, “Let
us make man in our image…” --- um, talk about a major privilege!
The same is true for us ladies – I know Adam came first, but God
made (and makes!) all humans in His image, male or female. God gave
us His
ability to think, to love, to rejoice…just to name a few! “But
what about my huge nose, Miss Lois?” --- “God could have made my
eyes just a little brighter!!!” These things come to our mind,
because we are so concerned with how we look. But girls – does God
make mistakes? Are you telling God that He messed up on you?
Because, if we are discontent with how our physical appearance is,
that is exactly what we are saying to God. Romans 9:20 tells us
that: “Nay but, O
man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed
say to him that formed it, Why
hast thou made me thus?”
Pretty
harsh stuff, but it is true. Our culture tells us we have to be
skinnier, prettier, have shinier hair, wear tighter clothes…but our
culture also tells us that we are to live life for ourselves and no
one else. I think we all know God’s Word enough to know that these
philosophies are wrong - nowhere in Scripture do we find Biblical
basis for ANY of that!
Today,
girls, thank God for creating you in His image; then, spend some time
pondering if you really grasp the fact that you are indeed made in
the image of God!
Genesis
1:27 – “So God
created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him;
male and female created he them.”
Scripture Reading for the Day:
Proverbs 8
Galatians 2
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