Worthy of Love, & Beautiful.

I've been thinking a lot lately on 'what I should blog about next.' I ask people and they give me great topics to write over, but it seems as though every time I try to start typing about a certain topic, the words just will not come to me. I felt kind of bad about it at first because these were great things to write about, and I love reading about them myself, but I realized that if I do not have the true desire to write about something, the words will not come to me. And so I pray. I pray to be inspired, for this is the only way I can pour my heart into something.

My prayers were soon answered.

Identity.

I have a huge, serious, burning passion for young teenage girls who are lost, broken, or hurt. Or all of the above. I have seen a lot more of this since I have been at college. It breaks my heart to see that girls are giving themselves up for guys who do not even respect them. After the guy tells her that he "loves" her, she decides that she loves him too and eventually will give herself up to him; physically and emotionally. This is how most of high school relationships (and even many college relationships) go these days.
On a different note, I hate seeing girls using magazines as their bibles. That may sound kind of intense but that's what it has become. I remember when I was in junior high, my friends and I always loved reading J-14, Cosmo, and Seventeen magazines. Sure there were some cool products that the adds were selling and whatnot, but then there always were those pictures. Pictures of those models. "Wow, who would want to be that skinny!?" we would ask ourselves. "No one even looks like that!"... Sure, we said these things to ourselves, and sure, they were probably true. But on the inside we thought, "I wish I had her body." or "Maybe if I just didn't eat as much, then maybe (insert dude's name here) would notice me." I wish I could go back in time and tell that 14-year-old me what I know now. I would definitely slap some sense into that girl.
My point is this; Jesus knows what a young ladies heart looks like. He knows her every desire. He sees no flaw in us whatsoever.
We just need to remember who exactly we are, and who we are made to be. You were created in the image of God, and God never makes junk. Every person is unique. No two are the same. God sees you as a masterpiece, and when you look in the mirror, he wants you to "know that full well!"

The bible says:

I am a child of God - He is my Father. 1 John 3:1-2

I am Christ's friend. John 15:15

I am a child of promise. Romans 9:8, Galatians 3:14

I am redeemed & forgiven. Ephesians 1:6-8

I have been justified; made righteous. Romans 5:1

I am fearfully & wonderfully made. Psalm 139:14

I have eternal life. John 5:24

I am free from condemnation. Romans 8:1

I am chosen of God; holy & beloved. Colossians 3:12

I am a child if light, not darkness. 1 Thessalonians 5:5

I am to be a stranger to this world. 1 Peter 2:11

I am to be salt & light to the world. Matthew 5:13-14

I am altogether beautiful. There is no flaw in me. Song of Solomon 4:7

Though my outer self is wasting away, my inner self is being renewed every day. 2 Corinthians 4:16

I am more precious than jewels. Proverbs 3:15

Charm is misleading & beauty fades, but a God-fearing woman is a woman to be praised. Proverbs 31:30

For He chose us, before the creation of the world, to be holy and blameless in his sight. Ephesians 1:4

I am God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for me to do. Ephesians 2:10

God calls you by name. He didn't call you as part of a blanket invitation; He called you specifically by name. You are a work of his own hands. Like many earthy fathers, God loves seeing you just being you. You are who God says you are. No one else has a vote on who you are. You are free to be you instead of imitating someone else. You are free to use your own, unique, God-given gifts and there is no need to compare your gifts to those of others. There is no one else who can fulfill your purpose here on this earth. 


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLYKH3Dr2Kg
You make me beautiful. You make me stand in awe. 
You look inside my heart, and I am amazed. I love to hear you say who I am is quite enough. 
You make me worthy of love, and beautiful.



Praise God from whom all blessings flow.