I am beautiful.

I am beautiful.

How often do I actually believe that sentence? I have come to realize that I tear myself down more than I build myself up. Why is that? Because I constantly enter myself in a competition with the world. I compete in a beauty contest that judges all the wrong things. You have to look the part. Dress the part. Walk the walk. Talk the talk. Is there ever a true winner? Even the girls we compare ourselves to have doubts. We are all trapped in a bubble of clothes, media, and make-up. It seems so easy to pop a bubble but once it's popped our true selves show. Popping the bubble of conformity means coming face to face with you we really are.

I am ready. I am done with competing with a world that doesn't see my worth. I AM BEAUTIFUL! I am beautiful because I have a heart for people and love to see them smile. I am beautiful because I show myself through my art. I am beautiful because I want the world to feel the love I feel. I am beautiful because God shines through me. I am beautiful because I am Christ's. No one can replace me because there is only one me. Just like no one can replace you because there is only one you. You are who you are because God knew only you could do the will He has planned for your life. We me fall into the world's trap every now and then , but our Father is always there to pick us up. "All beautiful you are my darling, there is no flaw in you." Song of Songs 4:7. See in yourself What God sees; something beautiful.