Day Of Reflection
I Am Beautiful and Free
Good Morning Beauties!
Thank you for meeting me here for one more day to reflect on the entire 40 Day Journey. I’ve found it important to look back at where we began and take inventory of all the lies God has replaced with His truth.
If you look at Day 1 and your idea of beauty, how did you define it back then? How do you describe it now? Can you see growth? Selah.
The revelation I had on my first journey experience is that all true beauty is Jesus Himself, and when we know Him and walk with Him, His beauty radiates from us, in physical expression and in action. Just as Jesus is Love, He is also Beauty.
Spend time reflecting on the other seven attributes: Lovely, Joyful, Royalty, Righteous, Redeemed, Purity, Child of God. Are you able to go down the list and summarize the lies that bound you and the freedom God has given you in each of these areas? Perhaps He did a mighty work in a few or even just one….but isn’t that victory something to celebrate?! Selah.
Let’s look at God’s Word this morning to put a beautiful bow on our journey. I love how the Message Bible describes placing our lives before God, “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.” Romans 12:1-2 (MSG)
In what areas of your life can you say God has set you free as you walked with Him during your journey? Are there defining moments you can pinpoint? Were you truly able to prioritize Jesus this Christmas and release the stress and anxiety of the busy season? Selah.
Beauties, it has been an absolute privilege and joy to walk with you on this journey. I pray you will hold dear the truths and freedom you’ve been given by our precious Savior. Your journey doesn’t stop here, of course, but I pray you have found a closeness with Jesus, and a passionate desire to spend time with Him daily and treasure your relationship.
I would love to hear from you about your experience. Please use the “Let’s Connect” section of the website to say hello, receive encouragement, or pray together.
Take time to worship Jesus with your heart and soul today. He deserves nothing less.
Holy Forever - Chris Tomlin
Love and Blessings,
Kenrda
“‘Then Jesus turned to the Jews who had claimed to believe in him. If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.’”