Beauty Revealed

I'm relearning what surrender is. I'm learning that through my love for Him & my growing understanding of his character, all I want is for Him to have access to every cell in my body. Every atom is under His influence. Every aspect of my emotions, desires, physicality is a complete gift to Him. I want no more control over it. And through that I've learned to surrender one of the seemingly most unimportant things to Him. My beauty. 

Beauty defined: the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit.

I told Jesus, "Even my beauty is in your hands. I give you full control of my beauty. It's not mine anymore to determine." 

Women try to control how beautiful they are. But in surrendering it, you no longer have permission to worry about it. 

Beauty is not skin deep. Beauty is something that is found as pleasurable to all of your senses. And most often, you actually have very little control over it.

Since I've given Him full reign and control over how my beauty resonates, cultivates, grows, and shines, He has made a point to make me aware of how beautiful I am. A day after I said those words, I was driving in the car and I just heard Him say, out of the blue, "Your transparency is beautiful." He admonishes me. 

He sees every part of you, whether it be physical, emotional, or spiritual. He sees it and he finds it ravishing. I'm under the impression that he has always found me stunning, but in my surrender I was suddenly able to hear His opinion.

Think of the sun, the moon, the stars. Think of the depth of the sea and the creatures it holds. Think of the wheat fields. Think of a blade of grass, the petals in a flower. Think of the smell of food, the melody of music. The kind of magnificence that inhabits creation is a small expression of the kind of significant beauty The Lord has bestowed upon you.

The more you fall in love with Jesus, the more he teaches you to fall in love with yourself. He made you for such extraordinary signifance just by being who you are. Don't be blind to your own beauty. 

If you find it hard to see your own beauty, fall in love with Him. If you have a hard time doing that, stay tuned. My next post is going to be all about that.