Through the Eyes of the World

Months ago my best friend wrote something that the Spirit guided her to write and she shared it with me!  I thought it was absolutely beautiful and, when I started this blog, I asked her if she wouldn't mind if I shared it.  So the following is written by my beautiful, amazing, and Godly friend Emily Rippetoe!  May you be encouraged by it.

Through the Eyes of the World

By Emily Rippetoe

Through the eyes of the world, I am not pretty enough.
My hair is not blond enough or dark enough.
It's too short an doesn't have enough body.
Through the eyes of the world my eyes are not fair enough, my skin is not tan enough and I am not skini enough.
I don't have a perfect body and there is fat in places I don't want there to be.
Through the eyes of the world, I am too tall or not tall enough.
I don't dress stylishly enough and the clothes I have don't cost enough.
Through the eyes of the world, I am just another average girl who is never enough to be noticed at all.

But through the eyes of the Lord, I am all of these things:
I am the perfect height. My body is shaped exactly as He designed it and my style is all my own.
Through the eyes of the Lord, my hair is a beautiful shade of rich, warm brown and my eyes dance and smile with a warmth and a light that is unlike any other.
My skin is smooth and creamy and picks up a beautiful glow in the sun.
In the eyes of the Lord, I have curves in all the right places and my height makes me elegent, not awkward.

In the eyes of the Lord, I am so much more than my looks or my appearance.
I am my smile, my light and my love for life.
I am my heart for people, my passion for justice, and a beautiful reflection of God's grace.
In the eyes of the Lord, I am exactly the way I am supposed to be.
God made no mistake when he made me.
I am beautiful.
I am stunning.
I am beyond compare.
And in the eyes of the Lord, I am perfect.