Picture it, blue sky, fluffy marsh mellow clouds detail the atmosphere above, a gentle breeze blows through each perfectly placed and numbered hair on my head. I stop my thoughts to glance at the sun setting,
casting a reflection on the mass of water in front of me, it glimmers in the sunlight as if to show me how beautiful it is! I sit on these hard rugged stairs in Thailand pondering God seeking His council, as the shadows of trees dance around me. It’s beautiful. It’s a little sliver of God’s beauty right before me. I sit here tears pouring out of my eyes asking God to reveal my own beauty…
You see, this month I found myself so broken in front of God, feeling like I was the most un beautiful ugly person… like God chose to not make me beautiful… in some way… like he forgot to give me something, something crucial. I remember crying out to God!! God help me see myself as you see me! God show me what real beauty is. Help me Father, I need you to show me my beauty.
And here’s what he revealed to me. Beauty isn’t having perfect skin, the best clothes or the prettiest body 
shape. Because honestly what’s beauty with a heart that’s made of stone. I’m sure most of you would agree that true beauty isn’t living in sin or striving all the time to make yourself appear more beautiful but instead it’s living effortlessly and letting the gifts God’s given you come out.
Now before I go any further I need to make one thing clear and it’s that I’m not talking about the cliche statement “inner beauty” that so many Christians use as a crutch. Because I think that beauty is so much more than what’s on the inside. Truth of the matter is that God’s made each of you in His image!! Let me repeat that… your made in HIS image. WHOA holy revelation!!! That means that each of us are beautiful not only on the inside but on the outside too! YAY!
from the heart to the outside! True beauty is comforting someone who’s hurting, it’s reaching out beyond yourself to help someone out, it’s embracing your unique quirks (like eating all of the pickles from the pickle jar in one sitting ), It’s wearing that big bow in your hair even if everyone says it looks ridiculous, It’s stating your opinions because YES they really do matter, It’s every grey hair that you’ve accumulated over so many amazing memories or maybe even some hard ones. And most of all, It’s following God with your whole heart and not letting anything or anyone stop you from doing so!! 
