Beautiful. It's the one word we are writing about over at Five Minute Friday.
Beautiful to Him.
This is what I want her to know. This is what she needs to know. This is what I need to know.
We are beautiful to Him.
She wraps herself in a towel and sits on my lap. Goggles perched on her forehead, the red rings under her eyes marks of a long afternoon in the pool.
"Mom, I don't think I am pretty."
"Do you remember that our feelings are not the truth?
"Yes, but I still think I am ugly."
I want so badly to throw my arms up in the air and tell her to just get over it. How many times do I have to repeat to her the truth? Why do we have to keep having this conversation?
Me. "Who made you?"
Her: "God did."
Me: "What else did God make?"
Her: "God made all things."
Me: "How did he make you?"
Her: "In his image."
Me: "Why did he make you?"
Her: "For his glory."
Me: "What does that make you?"
Her: "Beautiful to him."
And then I remember. We repeat these words because we both need them. We repeat these words to push out the untruths that surround us. We repeat these words because they are life giving.
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Beautiful words to remember. As a boy mom, I haven't had to experience any girl's insecurities but my own, but I hope to have a daughter someday (soon?), so I will remember them if the time comes. It can be so hard to be a girl in this world, but your daughter is lucky that you are there to remind her she is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jenni. I have a one year old boy and I wonder if there are not different things are little guys will struggle with? So glad God equips us to raise them despite ourselves!
DeleteSo wonderful to read this. I also believe that we repeat words because we are made in His image. He is the WORD made flesh. Speaking truthful words is a further imitation of His beauty and goodness and truth. Thank you for sharing this.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more! Thanks for helping me create the words to share with her!
DeleteOh, I can so relate to this. I flashed back to my teenage years when I read it, but I also thought of last week. How much we need the reminder that we are beautiful in His eyes! Love this post...thank you! :)
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