SOUL CONNECTION
With the stars all around me, I’m feeling at home.
Here in the silence, I’m never alone,
And I know you’re out there, waiting for me…..
Millions of stars, golden and red,
their dazzling brilliance, over my head.
And I feel you call me with your soul.
Night after night, I go outside,
my thoughts and my feelings, I long to
confide. And my heart echoes in the silence
to where you are.
-Rebecca Wiles
Human measurement of beauty is so deeply flawed, yet it carries incredible power. But beauty or appearance is tied to individual preference and opinion and it is ultimately transient. So, how can something so unstable and so non-standard have any part in defining me? It can’t. His view of me is the true metric of beauty. His definition of my beauty and worth is based solely on my heart. It’s all He ever looks at. My heart is not perfectly beautiful, but if I join with Him, He intensifies that beauty by giving me of Himself and He is the most Beautiful.
“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” Col 1:27
He also made all things and because of Him, they are beautiful.
“He has made everything beautiful in its time.” Ecc 3:11
How do I know that beauty is unrelated to any visual impression? Because His Beauty is not based on looks.
“There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing to attract us to him.” Isaiah 53:2
It is Love and there is not one other thing that is more Beautiful.
Does this mean that words spoken by man are meaningless? No. They still hold value because they can build up or destroy. But, even though they can, it cannot change what He has said about me. My flaws, weaknesses, failures, (and there’s a lot), doubt, insecurities, human longings, will not nullify His words to me that affirm my perfection in beauty.
“You are altogether beautiful… there is no flaw in you.” Song of Solomon 4:7
And this is why:
“For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being made holy.” Hebrews 10:14
So, I have all I need in His Love and in my moments where I need His affirmation, I can freely look toward Him and know He will fulfill my heart completely because Beauty is heart deep and as far as He is concerned, it is all that matters. His desire, though, is to increase and perfect our beauty and in Him, He does. He accomplishes this by His Great Love in Sacrifice, which makes us flawless.
?No matter the hurt, or how deep the wound is, no matter the pain, still the truth is: The Cross has made, The Cross has made you flawless.”? (Flawless, by MercyMe)
Love Always ??? YouTube video
https://youtu.be/L_fIgbgLJdM
Every Woman’s Battle: page 171
Women desperately need encouragement and affirmation. Some perform for others to get this need met. They knock themselves out for their boss, going way above and beyond the call of duty, just so they can hear, “You did a great job.” They fix themselves up all the time, dressing to arouse men and hoping to hear, “Don’t you look gorgeous today!” They go out of their way to do things for people just to hear them say, “I appreciate your thoughtfulness.” When you look to others for your affirmation, you have to find ways to get a fresh supply, which eventually will run you ragged. But God’s affirmation will fill your emotional tank even more than any human’s flattering words will. When you sense the God of the universe saying to you, “I see everything you are doing and your hard work brings me great joy; you are so beautiful to me even when you are sleeping; I see your heart and you are so very special to me,” His sentiments will send you reeling further than any man ever could.
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