Tuesday, 24 June 2008
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How God Sees Us: Beautiful Inside and Out
from puppycows
Today, when my daughter and I were on our way to the store, she looked over at me and said, "Mommy, am I beautiful?" The question sort of surprised me, but my answer was immediate. I said "Yes, you are the most beautiful girl in the world." She smiled and said "Mom, you have to say that, but am I really beautiful?" I was thankful that we had just pulled up to a red light and I looked over at her and said "Yes, you're right, I am your mom and yet I am not just saying that. You are truly a beautiful young lady inside and out."The light in her eyes twinkled and she smiled and sat back looking satisfied. I don't know where the question came from exactly, but she needed reassurance from her mom that yes, she was beautiful, and all it took was my positive imput and she was satisfied.
The car became quiet again and I started to think about my own life. After my biological mother died when I was eleven, the compliments from my father were few and far between, if at all. He was quick to tell me I was fat, I was stupid, that I didn't do things as well as other girls and that in anything I aspired to do, I would surely fail. I remember days upon days of walking around feeling like there was a dark cloud above my head and wishing and hoping that he would just for once tell me something positive.
I would have taken his positive reinforcement over anyone's and I longed, maybe even ached for it, and yet it rarely came. The affect that had on me was long-reaching. As I grew into a young lady, I felt I was ugly and worthless. People would compliment me on things and I always secretly wondered if they were blind or stupid for saying nice things and guys in my life who would compliment me, didn't get a chance to stay around very long.
Yet here I am today, almost thirty-nine and a much different woman than I was back then. God has changed my heart and my outlook on myself and it's incredible. I hear that I am loved everyday and I hear that I am beautiful and I believe it. I have also taken great strides ever since I had my first child, to make sure they knew everyday, how special they were and how priceless and precious they were to God and to me.
I am so thankful that we serve a God, who can heal those wounds, no matter how deep they run. He can reinstate that feeling of worth and beauty, even if our Earthly parents didn't and he can remind us in little and big ways everyday how precious to him we are.
We can go to him with the ease,that my daughter came to me today and we can rest assured, that never will he degrade us or put us down, but he will lovingly build us up time and time again, because he really does love us that much.
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Comments (14)
Thank you for writing this.
Beautiful.
Such a wonderful testimony to the grace of God and the power of the Cross.
Thanks so much for taking the time to write this, and for sharing it with us.
I pray that other's will come to experience the same healing that you have in Jesus.
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this hits home.. thanks for writing it.
Truly awesome how God can replace all the negatives in our life with his unconditional love. I can relate to you as I also struggled with my self-esteem growing up and did not believe I was beautiful. When you feel God's love in your heart, mind, and sould, your insecurities seem to melt away. Love the Lord!!
Wow...thank you for this post. I grew up with my parents telling me that I was worthless...that I was a mistake...that my dad was not my real dad...all this kind of stuff. Now...even at 32...I still feel the effects of that. And while in my head I know that God DOES love us inside & out no matter what and thinks we are beautiful, my heart has a hard time believing that someone can love ME THAT much.
amen and amen. know of my prayers for your daughter.
Thank you so much for writing this. It hits home... as I'm sure it does with many women.
Your daughter is blessed to have such a wise and caring mom. (You already know how blessed you are to be her mom)
thanks so much for writing this :)
Perfecto.
Wonderful...thanks for a great reminder! My mother treated me much like your father treated you and I'm still learning to see myself as God sees me...a beautiful creation saved by grace. Thank you.
wow thanks so much for putting into words what so many of us are feeling... all my life i was told i wasnt good enough and its a liberating feeling to know that i am worth something and there are other people out there who have felt the same way... thank you!!!
Very beautiful post. Thanks for writing. :)
Im very young, im not a Mom, but some how i can relate, beucase i used to ask my Mom all the time questions like that, i felt i needed her to tell me thses things that were positive, beucase only hereing it from her would make me beilve them when she told me poaitive stuff with saying befor hand, "not only beuase im your Mom" then i would belive her. My Mom doesnt know were shes at with God, she tells me sometime and my response back is," I love God, but i dont know all of him yet ether". My Mom has also taken great strides, but not to help me with my relationship with god. Im kind of doing it on my own right now, but i can feel God helping. Posts like this help me to, i mean the ones i can relate to, i feel like im not so alone sometimes.
Thank you