It breaks my heart to see people, especially girls, with low self-esteem and no sense of their self worth. We get so influenced by the world and what we're told is important that we start to see that as the truth and define ourselves by the worlds standards, and by comparing ourselves to other people.
The problem with those standards is that they are not real, and so never achievable. And they miss the point of what's really important.
We feel inadequate because of our looks, appearance, weight, clothes....because we've come to believe that those things are important in who we are.
Your clothes change, fashions change, beauty fades... None of these things last, and none of these things are what God really cares about.
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, ...Rather, it should be that of your inner self,
the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.
1 Peter 3:3-4
If you are feeling bad about yourself as a person because of the way you look then you need to redefine what makes a person valuable and worth something.
To God you are precious! Infinitely valuable! So valuable he sent is son to die for YOU!
He didn't say - Are you too fat? Are you wearing hand me downs instead of the latest fashion? Are your eyes too close together or is your nose too big?
He said - I knew you before you were born. I knit you together in your mothers womb. I have plan and a purpose for you. I created you especially and then sent my son to die for you, because I love you!!!
You are a child of God. A precious daughter. Let God fill your heart with the assurance of your worth in him and then the outside stuff will fade away.
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