Today's topic is "new", I hope you'll join us.
And the FIVE minutes starts....
NOW....
New -- fresh, beginning, spotless, untouched, usable. These are the first words that come to mind when I think of the word "new". The bible teaches me that I am a new creation in Christ. As long as I believe that He did indeed come to save me and is the only way to get through the pearly gates (and I do), He says of me that I am a new, a perfect creation because of him.
If I'm honest, I often don't feel new. Most days, I feel used, abused, broken, frail, and all around useless. Sure a lot of that is my insecurity talking, but a lot of that is the world's pressures on me too. Since I'm not a size 2, they say I'm not pretty. Since I don't have pin straight hair, I'm not "good enough" to them. Since I'm short, I wouldn't even come to mind when a beauty contest rolls around.
If I would just stop and look at reality. The fact that I have a savior who says, I love you despite you're figure, I think you're beautiful because of the curly/wavy hair I created you with, your height is perfect for the gifts I have given you, those should all dispute what the world says to me about my being. Maybe if I remind myself of those a little more often, then I will feel new because of Him and how He created me to be.
That is my Challenge for myself this week. Join me?
Will you take the challenge presented?
You are His and you are beautiful. It's tough to remember sometimes because of this world's definition of "beauty", but the world is empty, temporal, and wrong. Thank goodness for a Savior who saved us from it! Thank the Lord for His Word and the truths He has written for us in His love letter! And thank you for being real and for challenging me to find my identity in Christ, who has made me a new creation!
ReplyDeleteThank you for this! I love the take you had on the topic. You ARE beautiful, and I can tell you this because of the piece of your heart you have shared with us... because it, too, is beautiful! Never forget that outward beauty fades, but inward beauty will last a lifetime! Thanks for this piece of who you are!
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy, for putting words to what so many women struggle with. Keep on hanging onto God's words about you . . . they are spirit and LIFE! Thanks for your encouraging comment on my first 5 Minute Friday post.
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