I don't think I've gone through one day without calling myself ugly or hearing another girl call herself ugly. Half the time, other girls join in! "Yeah, I feel that way all the time!" "Oh my gosh, same! I'm so ugly!!"
It's almost if that, as girls, we get an excuse to bag on ourselves and to feel worthless without question. But the bible tells us differently!!
We should feel beautiful all the time! God specially created us in great detail, and calls us His masterpiece!!
"For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago." -Ephesians 2:10
As cliche as it is, think of flowers; we look at them & no matter what color, size, shape, form...they are all beautiful and unique! We marvel at their differences and adore such a variety. We would never judge a flower negatively for being too big! Ever! Do we look at one flower and call it ugly for being purple just because the other one is pink? No!! Now, think of all the beauty that flowers posses, and I'll tell you that we hold so much more beauty than a flower!! We even hold more beauty than rubies!
"She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her." -Proverbs 3:15
God created every single last detail about you and has a purpose for every one of them. That nose you hate? God adores. You think your eyes are too far apart? God thinks they're perfect. Everything God created has beauty and worth, don't think of yourself any different!!
Even if these things don't make you feel any more beautiful, remember that God looks at your heart.
"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
No matter what you look outwardly, remember your heart holds your true beauty. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Matthew 5:8
Much love,
Natalie