There Could Never be a More Beautiful You

So the other day I heard some guys say that they prefer to have a girl with long hair. Great, now not only am I at a disadvantage with my size 10 jeans but I also have short hair. It amazes me the things people say even when there is someone just like the person they are describing in the room. Talk about killing a girl’s confidence. Now I’ve often struggled with being one of the bigger girls in my group of friends and I’ve been learning to love the person that God created me to be. Accepting myself hasn’t always been easy but over the last few years I’ve learned to ignore what society tells me and to listen to what God has to tell me. I am beautiful.  Through my struggles I’ve had family and friends that have been there for me. It always seems to help turn to music and that is just what they led me to.  One day my mom sent me a song by Jonny Diaz, More Beautiful You. Another day one of my friends from camp sent me and two other girls a link to the song , Your Hands, by JJ Heller. And then one day I was having a really hard time accepting myself the way God created me to be and I went on Facebook. My roommate had heard this song on the radio by Mercy Me and it went like this,

The days will come when you don't have the strength 
When all you hear is you're not worth anything 
Wondering if you ever could be loved 
And if they truly saw your heart they'd see too much 

You're beautiful 
You're beautiful 
You are made so much more than all of this 
You're beautiful 
You're beautiful 
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His 
You're beautiful 

I'm praying that you have the heart to find 
Cause you are more than what is hurting you tonight 
For all the lies you've held inside so long 
And they are nothing in the shadow of the cross 

You're beautiful 
You're beautiful 
You are made so much more than all of this 
You're beautiful 
You're beautiful 
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His 
You're beautiful 


Before you ever took a breath 
Long before the world began 
Of all the wonders He possessed 
There was one more precious 
Of all the earth and skys above 
You're the one He madly loves 
Enough to die 

You're beautiful 
You're beautiful 
In His eyes 

You're beautiful 
You were meant for so much more than all of this 
You're beautiful 
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His 
You're beautiful 
You're beautiful 
You're meant for so much more than all of this 
You're beautiful 
You're beautiful 
You are treasured, You are sacred, You are His

 The words, you are treasured, you are sacred, you are His, kept ringing in my ears. I belong in body and in soul to my precious Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.

Yes, there are days that I still struggle with the way I look. Maybe I’m having a bad hair day, or I don’t have time to put on makeup but it doesn’t mean that I’m not beautiful. God does not make mistakes and he did not make a mistake when he created me. We are created in his PERFECT, not almost perfect, but PERFECT image.