Pretty Girl

♪I know the truth there's more to you than physicality. There is no doubt inside and out you are wonderfully unique. Pretty girl, let your calming grace and smiling face light up this world. Pretty girl, cause in time there's a guy who will see that you are a pretty girl. So much more than meets the eye, beautiful cannot describe♫ -Christian Walker "Pretty Girl"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-CTazIKejM

Okay girls, let's get real. We don't always like ourselves. We criticize ourselves, we woefully look in the mirror at ourselves, and then we go and criticize each other to make ourselves feel better. Now some of us are more guilty than others, but we've all done it before.

The summer before my senior year of high school, I attended Go Tell camp and heard Christian Walker sing. The video posted above is the only one I could find of this song. Christian Walker is by no means famous, but he has sang and written a few of my favorite songs. This particular one hits home. As girls, we always are looking for the flaws in ourselves whether they be physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, etc. We then proceed to either create fake extreme self-esteem or curl up and withdraw. Our reactions may change from day to day, but what can we do to make sure that we have constant, genuine self-esteem? It is found in Jesus. We are told in Psalm 139:14 that we are "wonderfully made." And in 1 Samuel 16:7 it says, "For the Lord does not see us as man sees us. For man looks only at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." There is more to each of us than our physicality, and these verses are reminders that inside and out, we were created by God, and that we were made in His image.

Now the other topic I wanted to cover in this blog is mentioned in the lyrics above. "Pretty girl, cause in time there's a guy who will see that you are a pretty girl." Quit trying to please people, especially guys. Let them pursue you and be attracted to the real you, not the facade you put on. I have found that when you least expect it, God will put the right guy in your life. So quit looking, and just let Him bring your guy at the right time. His timing is always perfect, and we are impatient. Sometimes you never know what God is doing in your life until, a long time in the future, you look back on that moment, and then it's all clear. He keeps us waiting so that we will put our trust in Him. Do that, and you can guarantee that everything will work out for the advancement of His kingdom and ultimately for your best (whether it seems like it or not). I will probably write a whole separate blog on this topic sometime soon, but I just wanted to touch on it for this one.


So the challenge...wake up every morning with the mindset that you are a pretty girl inside and out and that there is more to you and every other person that meets the eye.