Jesus makes you sparkle

I want every person, specifically women, to know that you are not alone. We all struggle with feeling not worthy enough. Not pretty enough. Not smart enough. Not sophisticated enough. Not holy enough. Not kind enough. Not skinny enough. Not organized enough. Aughhhhhh! All of the pressures in life are enough to make a person go crazy. And you know what all these fears really are? Distractions. Distractions from keeping you focused on eternal things... cause if you are worried about that zit on your face, how would you be able to notice the look in a fellow coworkers eye that desperately needs someone to notice her? Or if you are so worried about your fashion choices, you spend the time you should be spending with Jesus to search the internet for fashion blogs that feature clothes you could never afford. The cycle is a never ending one because the next day you still haven't set your eyes on Jesus, and the zit is still there, and you still can't find an outfit for the weekend because you still feel fat and still can't afford the fashion bloggers outfit suggestions. There is nothing you can do about any of that!


Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. (1 Peter 3:3-4)

The only things that matter in God's sight is what can't be seen with the eye. He cares about your heart. Any time I am not focusing on Jesus, I tend to start picking myself apart and become an extremely selfish woman. I start to see flaws NOONE else sees and begin to play the comparison game. I am in the entertainment business so playing the comparison game is a death trap. Cause who likes to see an unconfident actress or pageant girl? Gross! And that is exactly what our enemy wants. He wants me to be so unconfident that I hide the woman God created me to be.. because acting like someone I am not and getting rejected is easier than the real me exposing herself and coming up short.

OR IS IT?!

The devil is a liar because being who you are called to be in Christ Jesus is the biggest threat to darkness. Because a true beauty is a candle in a dark world.  Because a beautiful strong confident woman is everything he is not... Because any of kind of real beauty is in fellowship with God. And that is one big problem for him. A woman who knows who she is in Christ Jesus and doesn't let fear keep her from being vulnerable to others is a very beautiful thing. I actually am feeling more beautiful just writing this blog and letting others see Jesus shine through me. You will never come up short when you focus on Jesus and let him be the source of your beauty.

You know that woman at church who has that twinkle in her eye? It is the twinkle of a cross shining in her eye. A cross that a man who was perfect in every way died for her and she knows it. She knows Jesus pursues her daily and she isn't afraid to let others see who she really is and offers herself daily to others. She is a woman who knows she is passionately and wildly loved by God. She is the apple of his eye and it shows in her eyes as well!!! Jesus makes her sparkle and he can you too!!!!

Jesus,
I want to shine from the inside out because you live in my heart. I am sorry for hiding myself and ask for your help to make myself more vulnerable to others. I am more than enough because your spirit lives in me and I am made in the image of you. Help me to see what you see and to not hide who you have called me to be. Amen.
 
 You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. (Song of Solomon 4:7)

Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.(Proverbs 31:30)

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7)

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16)

Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. (Psalm 34:5)