Psalm 45:10-11 Listen, O daughter, consider and give ear...The King is enthralled by your beauty.
"I don't like these things that stick off my head," Carynne (4) pouted into the full length mirror.
"But that's how God made you. And He made you beautiful. Each person is unique." Clara (5) returned.
I stood half-dressed with crazy, uncombed hair in front of the same mirror. I saw beauty. Not the natural, genetic kind. Not the brand that can be purchased, trained or concocted. I saw beauty that flows from the heart. Clara saw it too.
Carynne's hair falls in gentle curls like a peaceful ocean reaching its' shore. She sees curl and wants straight. Clara's hair is stick straight and currently whacked. She didn't look in the mirror and see her deficiencies or her sister's. She saw God tenderly loving her. She let God love her sister through her. That, my friends, is beauty.
What I want most for my daughters when it comes to beauty, is for them to implant in their hearts God's love affair. Knowing Him intimately brings out the beauty tucked inside all of us.
Jesus, I sit hours later fully dressed and without a stitch of makeup but I feel lovely. I have drenched my skin in Your word, my hair in Your grace and my face in Your love. You are enthralled with my beauty. I am enthralled with You.
