Today's post comes from a journal writing that I came across. I wrote it a few months ago and, by the Holy Spirit's prompting, felt it was something that needs to be posted! So, believing that He intends for someone out there to read it, I post with an open heart today! God has definitely been refining some areas in me, and our household!
So, there is this song by Bethany Dillon:
“I want to be beautiful, make you
stand in awe. Look inside my heart and be amazed. I long to hear you say who I
am is quite enough…"(forgetting the final verse to the chorus).
Anyway, sometimes this song plays in my
head! It’s who I am! I know all of the ugliness inside of me. Something that Ken and I always discuss is
the radiance of people who have Jesus on the inside…how it creates the most
beautiful of creations on the outside. I
want to be that!!! Yet, I am
critical, impatient, jealous, insecure…I
am sure it is a matter of getting to the heart of the issues…but the process
seems so slow.
Lately I have been so
looking forward to the day I am in Glory…that will be the day that I am fully
refined and my beauty will be completely radiant as I no longer have the
ugliness on the inside!
My prayer is
that Christ will refine that person inside of me sooner than later…ahhh,
refinement!
I want to be beautiful….
I think societies idea of beautiful and God's idea of beautiful are polar opposites! To the woman who just watched this video and sees herself, my prayer for you is this:
"May you 'have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and
high and deep is the love of Christ'! (Ephesians 3:18) The Lord of Heaven has created you in His image (Genesis 1:27) and you are fearfully and wonderfully made!(Psalm 139:14) May you embrace who you are in Him and commit to living a life to glorify Him daily! He will refine you and His beauty will radiate through you!"
Thanks for stopping by! Be Refreshed!
Thanks Laura, that was for me!
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