Day 7
Bible passage 1Peter 3:3-5 Psalm 103:1-5
I am beautiful. I may
not always feel that way, but according to God’s promise that He dwells in me,
loves me and has made me new, I can honestly look in the mirror and see
beauty. I have to stop thinking that my
beauty is a measure of how thin I am or the jeans I may or may not get back
into. My beauty is not defined by how
much attention I get from my husband or his level of desire for me. From having children, my hips and waist will
never be the same and I need to be ok with that. And enough comparing already; if I spend my
whole life comparing my beauty against others I will fail to see both mine and
theirs.
My prayer
Father in Heaven you created me in your likeness. You carefully put me together and gave my
life purpose. Like in the beginning of
creation you looked and saw that it was good.
Then I looked and became dissatisfied.
I saw and was not pleased or even able to see what you see. Forgive me for not looking deeper and for not
caring near as much about my inward condition and I did my external appearance. I set out to please my own eyes and to
attract attention from others rather than make myself presentable to you. Open my eyes!
Set me free from this trap of superficial beauty so that I may desire to
be the kind of women Peter describes in the passage today, a women of beauty on
the inside with a gentle spirit. Amen
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