YOU ARE WONDERFUL!

YOU ARE WONDERFUL!

It is common sense that if you see a beautiful painting, there is a painter behind it. Likewise, when look out into creation and see all the beautiful wonders of the world, it screams of a Creator. God, our creator, takes absolute delight in what He creates. In Genesis, the common phrase He uses to describe what He has made is "It is good".

It is also said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This I take issue with. Beauty may be a personal preference that may vary from one to another, but should the one beholding be the judge of what is beautiful or its creator?

All too often we get caught up in standards that are imposed by others. This is a ridiculous position when you apply it across the board. Who among us would be willing to let other's opinions dictate what we like to eat? We know that every taste bud is different; so for me to eat only the things that you like is ludicrous! 

Who among us is willing to engage in only the activities a friend wants to do, pushing our preferences aside? Or what loving mother would be willing to trade her child for another? These seem extreme because it's hard to conceptualize anyone going along with such things. So why are we willing to allow others to dictate how we feel about ourselves?

We have all, at one time or another, felt the stinging thought of not being good looking enough, fit enough, fashionable enough, wealthy enough, etc. We all can agree that there is nothing wrong to strive to want to be better in areas we choose to, but when we compare ourselves to others, or let others compare ourselves to themselves or another,  it falls under the category of pushing 'ourselves' aside.

Beauty does not necessarily  belong to the beholder, but the creator! What right does anyone have to tell you that the food you like or the child you bore is wrong for you? Likewise, what right does anyone have to tell you that you are not pretty enough, smart enough, thin enough or anything else 'they' happen to esteem as worthy?

Better still, what right does anyone have to tell the Creator that what He made is flawed? Does He not have the right to create what He wishes? What is pleasing to Him alone? And if He is pleased with what He has created, why listen to others who cannot create such a thing at all?

I think we need to take more stock of what God thinks about us and others than ours and other's narrow opinion of what is good and bad. You are fearfully and wonderfully made and precious in His sight! You are one of a kind and unique! This is what makes you special! Own it! Relish it! Thank Him for it!

What lady wants to walk in a room with a stunning dress only to find out that there are 10 other women in the room with the same design? But to stand out, is coveted! So why do we want to 'fit' in and at the same time, be 'different'? We have to make up our minds which direction we want to go in!

God loves you for YOU! Learn to treasure that thought and who He created you to be. If you want to improve upon what He has made, feel free, by all means! But do it for 'YOU', not because of what some 'un-creative' person said it is how it ought to be. Just be you!

Be Marvelous!

God Bless

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