Recently i've been noticing something about my married female friends.
Now that they're married, they have this new confidence they have never had before.
Which is awesome, and i understand why.
They no longer have to try to impress someone.
They now understand that their husband thinks they are the most perfect thing to walk this earth.
Their husbands approval is all they ever need. 
I see that and i find that so beautiful, but i dont want to wait to be married to have that confidence.

Just like every woman, i struggle with confidence, no new information here.
But, really it's not a huge struggle for me anymore.
Right now i have the approval of Jesus, um hello,
why should i ever question my beauty and my worth when the being who formed me looks at me
and sees my  beauty and calls me out on it?
I don't want to wait for my husband to understand how beautiful i am!

Even though the season i am in right now is rough,
God is really just pouring His true self into me, and when he reveals that,
I reveal who i am, and not who satan whispers to me i am,
but my true self.

My beauty is not defined by anyone other than God,
and to be honest it took me so long to undestand that,
and to be fully okay with that.
I am beautiful, and i have worth because He is a part of me,
and because He tells me that i am. 
His words never ring anything other than truth.
My confidence is an aroma that can only come from God.
I love who i am and who he has made me, truly.

Beauty is knowing God intimately
and thats all i want.