Day 1 "You Are Beautiful"
The Variety of Beauty
Photo by rahmani KRESNA on Unsplash
Good Morning Beauties!
Welcome to the first day of our journey! I pray you’re excited with anticipation of all God has for you as you meet with Him for the next 40 days. Thanks for putting in the time and effort to prepare for what might just be a transformational experience in your life. Are you ready to take the first step on the path?
This blog is to help encourage you as your journey unfolds. Feel free to use it as often as you like or not at all. My prayer is that you will find it useful and insightful. I’m going on my journey right along side of you, and I’ll share thoughts, prayers, songs, and scriptures as God reveals new things to me.
When I first wrote the song for my friend, Liz, I heard the Holy Spirit say the banner over her was BEAUTY. Instantly, I knew He meant from the inside out. All of her was BEAUTIFUL; not what she did, but who she was.
I love the photo of the three girls. Each one has a different personality, from bold expressive to a little shy. Do you see beauty in each one? As we all know, beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, colors, and backgrounds. We readily see beauty in others, so why is it so hard to see beauty in ourselves? Selah.
Do you still confuse your “who” with your “do”? I have to admit, sometimes I still struggle with how my less than perfect behavior extinguishes my beauty. But God didn’t say our behavior is beautiful, He said that WE are beautiful.
Perhaps a helpful exercise is to write down your definition of beauty. Grab your journal and write your thoughts about the word itself. After your definition, write down your thoughts about your own beauty as outlined in your journal. There are no correct answers, just honest ones.
Love and Blessings,
Kendra
“Listen, my dearest darling, you are so beautiful—you are beauty itself to me! ”