So You Think You're Pretty?

This is not quite the topic I was planning on going with today but something significant happened to me in mass this morning that got me thinking. Also, take advantage of that fact that I've been writing everyday because when school starts I will probably have a limited amount of time for blogging. For almost my entire life I have absolutely hated being tall. In middle and high school people destroyed my self-esteem because of it. They called me things like 'amazon', 'daddy long legs', and constantly pointed out the painfully obvious fact that I was taller than practically all of the boys in my grade. However, today in mass the man next to me (blatantly shorter than me) raised his hand above his head as if to prove I was taller than him and said "amazing." Thank you sir, I think I am quite amazing myself!

It's amazing how after all these years I am still looking for the next thing to make me 'feel pretty.' "I wish I was as tan as that girl, or as skinny, or had as clear skin." Or even refusing to go out with friends if I don't have the right outfit or my makeup done. Thirsting for the next compliment. If you are reading this and thinking "I never do that," I can humbly reassure you that at SOME POINT in your life you have allowed this type of speech to seep into your subconscious. Have I really allowed myself to become that way?! I spent the rest of mass thinking about that (sorry Father)!

I came home and immediately began looking up verses in the bible that contradicted those negative thoughts I had created about myself:

You are FEARFULLY and WONDERFULLY MADE! -Psalm 139:14

You are GOD'S MASTERPIECE! -Ephesians 2:10

God created man in HIS IMAGE. -Genesis 1:27

Before I was born, God CHOSE ME and CALLED ME by HIS marvelous GRACE! -Galatians 1:15

If I am truly God's image, fearfully and wonderfully made, chosen and called to be this amazing masterpiece, why do I speak to myself (or allow others to) as if I am ANYTHING LESS!!

Here's a great reminder to start your week off. Remember WHO THE HECK YOU ARE and WHO MADE YOU! YOU ARE PRETTY!! Pretty strong, pretty brilliant, pretty funny, pretty AMAZING.

And Pretty Tall ;)

-B