True Beauty.

Hey everyone,

I will have done 3 posts in 3 days when I'm finished this post! I'm happy, I think I should get a medal or something for blogging so much when I haven't been doing much over the past little while. I got the idea for this in business class today. It kind of came to me when I was searching quotes on the internet.

Beauty. Beautiful. What does that really mean? What are the standards for beautiful? Do I have to pass a test? Does a boy/girl have to like me and then I can be called hot/cute/good looking? Do I have to look like every cookie cutter girl/guy on the covers of a magazine to be pretty? The questions get kind of overwhelming, don't they? I know that we're all taught in school that we ARE beautiful, well at least the girls are. I know the guys who read this may be like, Well, I'm not typically described as beautiful.. WELL, even so, you are beautiful. Everyone is.

But, do we really believe what they preach at us? When they say, You don't have to be a size zero to be beautiful. You don't have to have blonde hair to be beautiful. We may listen to it, but we don't necessarily BELIEVE it. I know that I don't all the time. But the thing is, is that we ARE beautiful human beings. We ARE worth a boy or a girl and good grades and best friends and a happy life. I think that for us to truly believe that we are beautiful, we have to recognize our faults, and then realize that for every fault, there is a good thing that counter acts that.

For me, I know that I'm loud. I annoy the heck out of people because I don't shut up half the time. But to counteract that, I listen really well. I listen to my friend's problems and I give them the best advice that I can. Here's another one. I wish that I were taller. Not model tall, but at least an inch taller. I know I still have some growing ahead of me, but I haven't grown in about 2 years. BUT. To counteract that, I know that I don't block most people's views at concerts and in church.

See what I'm doing? My challenge for all of you guys today is to make a list just like I did. I know that we think of beauty and something to do with our faces. Has anyone her the term Butterface? But her face? She's got a nice body, but if only she had a nice face.. Not very nice, is it?

WELL. I challenge all of you to think of yourselves as well created, extremely unique and wonderful human beings. You may hate your legs, well they take you places. You may hate your nose. Well if it wasn't for your nose, you couldn't smell fresh flowers or homemade cookies or your favourite perfume or body spray.

LOVE YOURSELF. God loves you. Why can't you love you?

Happy Thursday everyone. :)

Bible Verse

Hey everyone,

I've got a quick little passage for you all. I was just flipping through my Bible and I found it and thought, Wow. I have to blog about this. So, here it is.

Psalm 138:8

The Lord will fufill His purpose for me;
your love, O Lord, endures forever - do not abandon the works of your hands.

What did you guys think? I read it again and I still think it's amazing. No matter where I am in life, I know that God has a purpose for me. My being on this Earth is not a fluke, my life was planned out before I even breathed the air that I breathed when I was born. That's pretty hardcore stuff, isn't it?

I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did. Psalms are a great book in the Bible to read, FYI.

Happy Wednesday. :)

Lent

Hey everyone,

This is going to be a super quick post because I'm in class right now! :S I know I know. But I'm done all my work, and this is semi - educational, right?
Anyways! What are you guys giving up for Lent? I know that it's already started, but I'm still curious. I'm giving up my hair straightner and curling iron. I was GOING to give up my blog, but I was so torn that I decided to do my hair products. Because HOW would I be able to blog about Lent if I gave up blogging!? Hopefully my hair will be healthier after, and I learn to love myself with exactly what God gave me. It's going to be hard, I can tell. This morning I almost got out the curling iron, but I stopped myself just in time.
For those of you that don't know, Lent is a time before Easter when christians give up something that is important to them. I'm pretty sure that it symbolizes Jesus' sacrifices for us so we could live a better life. And, we do the same for Him, except it's not as dramatic as giving up your life so someone else can live an amazing one.

Anyways,
I gotta go!
Comment me below with what you're giving up.