Ahhh, to be Beautiful

Today's topic was Joy. So, I was pretty caught off guard when the tears started to flow this morning. It's much too long of a story to explain here-and I'm not up to the task of taking Beth's words and making them sound halfway interesting to read. She is a Holy Spirit-driven speaker...and I'm not much of a storyteller.  A n y w a y...the phrase that caught me/blindsighted me was that, "every boy (man) has it within him the desire to be courageous and every girl (woman) wants someone to think they are beautiful."

Why is it?  Why is it that even when we are taught by those who love us that we are beautiful (inside and out) that we still don't believe it?  Ok, maybe you believe it...but I've had the hardest time accepting this and only in the last 5 years has it really started to sink in that God loves ME and thinks that I'm beautiful.  

Now I'm a mom of two beautiful girls, and it is my greatest wish that they would not only understand, but accept and have reverance for the fact that they are loved just as God created them to be. In addition to my normal parenting duties, I spend a lot of time worrying, crying, and stressing out about how best to drill this into their souls.

A very smart woman at WBF reminded me that we can have freedom knowing that this is a job for the Holy Spirit and not mommies. She's right, and I'll try to put it out of my mind that she's raising two sons!