I AM BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I have something on my heart this morning.  I had been morbidly obese for nearly 20 years.  Even though I was a beautiful young lady, I felt as though I had lost my beauty and it would never return.  Even after losing the weight and hearing many compliments of how beautiful I was, I didn't believe it.  Even as I type this article I am a little emotional.  I believe somewhere in every woman is the desire to be beautiful.  This doesn't mean we all want to be a beauty queen or a model. But, somewhere deep inside of us is a God given desire for things of beauty.  God creates beauty.

A few weeks ago I discovered a wonderful makeup company that intrigued me.....I bought their startup package and started painting my eyes like never before.  I used purples, pinks and blues.  Every day I tried something new.  I decided I wanted to sell this makeup and I knew I needed to feel beautiful, so I started looking at myself in the mirror and saying: I Am Beautiful.  It didn't take long before I started to believe it!  I can look at myself in the mirror with absolutely no makeup on and see beauty.

I know I'm not a beauty queen.  I know my face has flaws, but I am still beautiful and SO ARE YOU!
I challenge you to look past any flaws you may have and say to yourself in the mirror every day: I AM BEAUTIFUL!  Watch your life change.....