Are you beautiful? Post 1

"Well, here you are.

How do you feel today?

Beautiful or boring?

Well-groomed or well-worn?

Are you feeling over weight?

Or tanned and toned?

Are your friendships building you up or giving you courage?

Or have they left you raw and lonely?

Is your heart in a good place and filled with strength, or are you carrying a wilted spirit?

All to often I find that girls and women who dress immodestly are simply hiding a wilted spirit."

(Quoted from Dannah Gresh in her book "Secret Keeper Devos".)

What makes you beautiful?

Is it your hair or clothing? Or maybe it's ______ or ________ ... you fill in the blanks.

Let me ask you something: deep, deep down inside are you happy? Truly happy? Or not? Are you short term or long term happy? Do you live a life full of regret day by day? Are you lacking something? Are you a slave to lies such as 'I need a boyfriend' or 'I have to be beautiful to be accepted'.

Pause and answers these questions for yourself and then keep reading.

I'm going to touch on the subject of vocations quick and then get back to the original subject. I have a little test for you: List the following vocations in order of importance.

*Doctor

*President

*Mother

*Theologian (Pastor)

*Missionary

*Father

Fully think about each jobs responsibilities. Were you able to complete the task? Are some vocations 'more important' than others? What makes a calling noble? Answer these questions for yourself.

Be on the lookout for Are you beautiful? Post 2

How are you?

By Erlene Unruh

Hello!

And how are you today?

I'm fine, just fine. And you?
Me too.

We smile and pass each other by

And find some secret place to cry;
Ashamed to show

Or let them know.

The hurts and loneliness and failures

we must hide

Afraid someone will see us as we are

inside;

Bright smiles covering doubts that crush and tear--

These masks we wear!

How can we help those heavy loads to bear

Or let each other know we care

If we don't dare

To share?

Isn't this true? We wear masks so no one knows what we truly feel inside. But think of it this way, every time you say "Yeah, I'm fine" but are really not; that's lying in God's eyes. "Ouch" doesn't that sting? I know it stung me when I realised it. You may think "that's a little to strong for me" but I'm serious. You might say "Oh, but you don't know my situation! So this doesn't apply to me." But it does! You could still say the truth even if it's something like "oh, I'm not doing ok today" or "I had a bad day" or "My day was great!" something other than "I'm fine".

Here is a Bible verse to think about:

Matthew 5:37

"Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one."

Sorry about the formatting, my computer is giving me trouble.