The Beautiful You

I keep seeing a quote said in various ways and with various pictures making it's way around Facebook. It is meant to be encouraging and I have even re-posted it myself in the past. However, the more I think about lately the more it vexes my spirit. It goes something like, "I may not be pretty.... but I have a good heart." or "I may not be the prettiest... but I have good heart." The devil is a liar. That inner beauty can shine so magnificently that it is reflected outwardly. We all have a beauty about us, because each of us was crafted by the hand of God in His image. I have met pretty people and the more I get to know them the more that beauty begins to fade. Their ugly disposition takes on the outside of the vessel they have been blessed with, marring it. What do you see when you look in the mirror? If you do not see beauty, look harder. Ask God to reveal that beauty to you because it's there, He just needs to open your eyes to it. YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! Just a thought.

~ Chelle Prell, "F8ithgal"
    1/4/14