Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder

I was waiting to see what to write about, and as I was waiting, I was washing my hands in the restroom at work. A lady I work with walked in. I had seen her many times at work, but we had never interacted until this moment in the restroom.

I noticed she was putting on lipstick and trying to fix herself up. I patiently waited, and she turned and apologized for taking so long. She said, “I just didn't feel pretty today.”

It surprised me, because she was beautiful to me. When this happened I was reminded of another young lady at a conference with beautiful skin, and as we were on the elevator to go up to the next floor, I expressed that I thought she was really beautiful. She didn't have on makeup, just her natural glow, but to my surprise she said the same thing. She told me thank you for that because earlier the enemy was telling her she wasn't pretty.

I realized I had believed the same lie. I would feel not pretty because I thought I had to have a certain look. I was hard on myself because my hair was 2 inches or my lashes weren't long.

My pastor once said, "Who told you that you weren’t pretty, or that you aren't enough?”

At that moment, I realized we had allowed the voice of fear to intimidate us and tell us that we weren't pretty. Once we believed the lie, it opened us up to insecurities. We began to do things to please the world’s standards, or man’s standards, and we do or wear certain things to cover up the insecurities. I was masking my true Identity because I was doing  things for the approval of a man or to meet social standards.

It is okay to wear makeup and get dressed up, but let’s stop the voice of insecurity and the fear of not being or looking the part.

Our fear and insecurities of not looking good enough can be stopped.

One day at a time, as I always say. Once I choose to be okay with how God made me and then next day I will choose to embrace me. Then the day after that Sis, guess what? I can pick to wear or do something 🤔

because it may be an area I can fix, but we have to remember that we don't have be fearful of how we look or dress. Our fashion and our beauty can totally be expressed with clothing and hair extensions, but we say no to fear and insecurities. We say no to the lie that we are not pretty enough. We are fearlessly made by Christ. What we can change, change. What we can't change, we must choose to embrace. I choose today and remind myself every day that I am fearlessly made by CHRIST.