Ugly duckling....careful....i talk about boobs.

Have you ever wanted to be 'the girl that everyone just stops and looks at because of your beauty'. I don't mean the 'lustful/inappropriate' kind. I mean the 'there's just something about her' girl. You see, I had NEVER been comfortable with my 'beauty'. Of course my dad told me I was beautiful. (my mom called me squirrel face because she thought squirrels had the most beautiful faces).  However, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to take a look at me and say....whoa....'she has some prominent features'. My eyes are big (being called BUG EYES in elementary/junior high made me SUPER self conscious). Then when I was in the 7th grade, I noticed the size of my nose. Actually a family member pointed it out for me. (this also happened to be the time that the movie ROXANNE came out) ;Steve Martin (huge nose).  Well, when I noticed it, it seemed that everyone else did too.  This is just great for a 11 year old girl.  I was never comfortable with me. My face. My breasts. My short stature. My inability to grow fingernails. My uneven ears.....the list could go on.......and on.

     Not until I accepted Jesus Christ did I realize how incredibly beautiful I really am.  There was no plastic surgery. I didn't get taller. I still have a BIG NOSE and BUG EYES. My ears are uneven (Emma has the same thing and it's adorable). blah blah blah. I realize that my beauty is coming from within. Once I identified the love....I felt beautiful. I embraced everything different about me.  My eyes are Large. My Nose is statuesque. My ears are just cute (like Emma's) My boobs grew!!!!  My heart is full. God did a pretty good job.
    Stop and take a long look in the mirror. Look close. What do you see? Do you see an ugly duckling or do you see Jesus looking at you like the beautiful prize that you are? If you don't see that, then look again.  If you let His light shine, EVERYONE will be blinded by the beauty.