This is a message to all the girls out there, young and old.
Just in case you didn't know this about yourself...you are beautiful. Yes, you, reading this right now. Why is it that when people tell us this, we either find it surprising, or we assume they're just saying that either out of kindness or because they're biased? Could it be possible that it is a truth--that we are all beautiful? To answer simply, yes.
No two people look exactly the same. No matter how hard you try, you'll never look exactly like someone else. There's a reason for that--we're created differently on purpose, so embrace it! You are unique, just like every other girl out there. And that is a really cool thing, actually.
Your friends will love you no matter what you look like. And honestly, if you're happy with how you look and are comfortable in your own skin, it gives you greater confidence and that makes for better relationships. Most people think they have to look nice all the time, but true friends can look like a hot mess around each other and no one cares. Heck, if you have friends like mine, they may even tease you (lovingly) when you do put effort into how you look! The point is, great friends think you are beautiful no matter what, and they're right. You are.
Your future husband is going to LOVE the way you look. Just the way you are. No add-ins, no take-outs. Your size, height, hair and eye color--all of it, he'll love. My sister once told me that a girl's future husband is going to be designed to love her the way she is naturally. God has created that guy to love everything about you, including what you look like. So don't try to cover up who you are with layers of masks and makeup. (Besides, the more makeup you wear, the more your face will break out anyway. And guys like natural beauty anyway!)
God doesn't make mistakes. If God wanted you to have a different hair color, a smaller or larger waist, or different eyebrows, He'd have made you with those. Now, I'm not opposed to putting effort into looking nice--I put on mascara most days, and have no problems with experimenting and having fun with hair colors! But it's important that we know that our beauty doesn't come from how much makeup we use or how "put together" and "fashionable" we stay. God created us beautiful naturally, and when you embrace it, it shows. Many girls who go without makeup find that they feel stronger and more confident in their own skin--they also have been known to get more compliments on their beauty because others can see they are okay with how they look!
Would you want to change the way your best friend looks? Odds are, you love her freckles and dimples, her eye color and her cool/crazy hair. You want her to know that she's beautiful inside and out! It works both ways--so are you. Really, you are.
You are beautiful.
Just in case you didn't know this about yourself...you are beautiful. Yes, you, reading this right now. Why is it that when people tell us this, we either find it surprising, or we assume they're just saying that either out of kindness or because they're biased? Could it be possible that it is a truth--that we are all beautiful? To answer simply, yes.
No two people look exactly the same. No matter how hard you try, you'll never look exactly like someone else. There's a reason for that--we're created differently on purpose, so embrace it! You are unique, just like every other girl out there. And that is a really cool thing, actually.
Your friends will love you no matter what you look like. And honestly, if you're happy with how you look and are comfortable in your own skin, it gives you greater confidence and that makes for better relationships. Most people think they have to look nice all the time, but true friends can look like a hot mess around each other and no one cares. Heck, if you have friends like mine, they may even tease you (lovingly) when you do put effort into how you look! The point is, great friends think you are beautiful no matter what, and they're right. You are.
Your future husband is going to LOVE the way you look. Just the way you are. No add-ins, no take-outs. Your size, height, hair and eye color--all of it, he'll love. My sister once told me that a girl's future husband is going to be designed to love her the way she is naturally. God has created that guy to love everything about you, including what you look like. So don't try to cover up who you are with layers of masks and makeup. (Besides, the more makeup you wear, the more your face will break out anyway. And guys like natural beauty anyway!)
God doesn't make mistakes. If God wanted you to have a different hair color, a smaller or larger waist, or different eyebrows, He'd have made you with those. Now, I'm not opposed to putting effort into looking nice--I put on mascara most days, and have no problems with experimenting and having fun with hair colors! But it's important that we know that our beauty doesn't come from how much makeup we use or how "put together" and "fashionable" we stay. God created us beautiful naturally, and when you embrace it, it shows. Many girls who go without makeup find that they feel stronger and more confident in their own skin--they also have been known to get more compliments on their beauty because others can see they are okay with how they look!
Would you want to change the way your best friend looks? Odds are, you love her freckles and dimples, her eye color and her cool/crazy hair. You want her to know that she's beautiful inside and out! It works both ways--so are you. Really, you are.
You are beautiful.
Ain't that the truth! My motto is that 50% of divine confidence comes from truly understanding that you're beautiful, while the other 50% comes from truly understanding that everyone else is beautiful too.
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