Society likes to preach about individuality; to embrace your uniqueness and express oneself openly to the world. Yet, there’s such a discrimination due to the constant defining of beauty through one specific image.
The definition of beauty has been taken and molded by the hands of man, instead of being remembered that beauty comes from the hands that created man.
The best way I can explain something to be truly beautiful, is for it to be strong and undisguised. There is nothing more radiant than coming across an individual whose goal is to not concern their main focus on being physically beautiful, but instead strive for their heart to hold the beauty.
“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.” – 1st Peter 3:3-4
Witnessing the way a person talks, laughs, looks, carries themselves, loves, and expresses emotion is witnessing the craftsmanship of the Creator. If you try to change the way you are and mold yourself into some image, then the world is missing out on your precious, one-of-a-kind self!
“We are worth more than jewels! Our beauty doesn’t come from our exterior appearance but comes from the soul!” -Audrey Hepburn
Loving yourself and accepting your worth is so very difficult; it even feels impossible at times! We as humans tend to place our worth into the hands of others in hopes that they will build us up and that we will continue to have great meaning to them.
I can say without a doubt that I did this.
I constantly seeked my worth from others more than I seeked it out from Jesus. And eventually it became crystal clear to my mind and soul that to seek confirmation of my worth in humans would only lead me to destruction and disappointment.
It was completely pointless to confirm my price in worth because my being had already been paid for through love and sacrifice.
It had finally clicked that to love myself and accept my worth, I had to fully give up this identity that I had created and indulge myself in the One who had, from the very beginning, set my worth.
“He makes us, utterly, real, and everything that is hurt, everything that seemed to us dark, harsh, shameful, maimed, ugly, irreparably damaged, is in Him transformed and recognized as whole, as lovely, as radiant in His light.” – Awaken As the Beloved -Saint Symeon
Beauty is what He is. Therefore, when we seek Him and dive deeper into His grace, we too gain beauty. A beauty that fills up our insides and leaks onto our exterior. A beauty that makes the heart joyful and the mind at peace. Our worth is our being, and our being is identified in Him.
Don’t let anyone or anything ever take control of your worth or beauty. Because you are so lovely and your worth is more than all jewels in the eyes of the Beloved.
“Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves. Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.” – Song of Solomon 1:15-16