Again, another beautiful post!!! Thank you for sharing your words. They are so true. For so long I put so much emphasis on what I looked like as I viewed myself in the mirror and how much I weighed in order to be "perfect". That was then, this is now. When I look in the mirror, I see a women God loves and sees her as perfect. No longer do I value what the world says b/c it can lead to roads I've travelled and never want to take that trip again. You are correct when you say we are beautiful inside and out. That's what is important and that is what our Heavenly Father sees. I believe it and I declare it, and knowing that God sees me differently than the world has been a life saver, game changer, and a beautiful realization.
Thank you so much Sarah for writing this as it spoke to me big time!!! You are awesome!!!
Your post made me do a bit of self reflection. Maybe a lot.
I never care much about others appearances. I’m quite conservative and when people meet one of my kids in particular I am very attuned to what is often the judgemental look they can’t hide, or the comments of how different we look compared to each other.
What they missed seeing was the most beautiful, fragile life underneath. What they missed seeing is a girl longing for acceptance. I’m always sure Jesus, who knew the deepest rejection would have happily sidled up to her.
You can tell with all those spelling mistakes I wrote that late at night!
I am at a crossroad. The cross road I guess most of us get to- Will I let myself go grey? Am I comfortable with that? If I’m not comfortable with that then why not?
I your post made me look at myself and ask the why? Why do you wear makeup 90% of the time, why do you dress a certain way etc? Is it because I want to for my self or because of how I want to be perceived?
Great questions. Healthy questions?
I’m naturally blonde and highlight my hair so it has depth. But since I became unwell last year and it was physically harder to get to the hairdresser, so appointments were more spread out I began to see lots of what are call sparkles in my hair- and I think I like them!
So I changed how I had my hair coloured. I get my hair done in March, my son is getting married ❤️ (insert excitement) and after that I think I’m going to give it a go of seeing how I feel about letting those sparkles come to life!
My mum has the most glorious head of white, so soft, hair. Am I ready to be my mum? I’ll let you know 🤣.
I feel like I’ve only just begun to find my style in how I dress, in what makes me feel comfortable but also what makes me feel good. And whilst I think it’s nice, I don’t care what others think. Well I do care what my husband thinks actually. He likes how I dress, but if he really hated something, I probably wouldn’t wear it.
I have always wanted a pair of ripped jeans. I love them, but was too scared to have a pair because of what people thought. Recently I bought a pair.l and showed my husband and said I’d really like your honest opinion. Sweet sweet man said, if you like them, wear them.
My sisters refuse to be present with me if I I wear them🤣.
So yes, I like to look how I feel represents me. Which mostly is classic conservative with one pair of ripped jeans on the side 🤣
Yes I’ll be wearing very subtle makeup.
And I will sit beside you proudly whatever your
look is, knowing I am sitting beside a precious child of God, bought with a price none of us could pay and thankful to have the privilege of sharing space with you.
Sister… you wear those ripped jeans! I love em ❤️ and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look and feel good for yourself. I think for me it was similar in what is my motivation. I had to ask am I doing this for me or because of how I was raised? Then one day I heard the words, just show up. So that’s what I do!
I struggle so much with appearance. I lost so much hair due to an autoimmune disease that I had to get a wig. Losing your hair teaches you hard lessons, and while outer beauty fades, inner beauty is what we should tend to. Thank you for this great post.
Again, another beautiful post!!! Thank you for sharing your words. They are so true. For so long I put so much emphasis on what I looked like as I viewed myself in the mirror and how much I weighed in order to be "perfect". That was then, this is now. When I look in the mirror, I see a women God loves and sees her as perfect. No longer do I value what the world says b/c it can lead to roads I've travelled and never want to take that trip again. You are correct when you say we are beautiful inside and out. That's what is important and that is what our Heavenly Father sees. I believe it and I declare it, and knowing that God sees me differently than the world has been a life saver, game changer, and a beautiful realization.
Thank you so much Sarah for writing this as it spoke to me big time!!! You are awesome!!!
This makes me so happy! It’s definitely a journey to let go of things that hinder us from just… being xx.
Beautiful! We are so much more than our appearance.
We really are. Beauty can be found in the pieces of us that make up a whole. More than a reflection ❤️❤️❤️
Your post made me do a bit of self reflection. Maybe a lot.
I never care much about others appearances. I’m quite conservative and when people meet one of my kids in particular I am very attuned to what is often the judgemental look they can’t hide, or the comments of how different we look compared to each other.
What they missed seeing was the most beautiful, fragile life underneath. What they missed seeing is a girl longing for acceptance. I’m always sure Jesus, who knew the deepest rejection would have happily sidled up to her.
Amen 🙏 what a beautiful truth from a beautiful person x
You can tell with all those spelling mistakes I wrote that late at night!
I am at a crossroad. The cross road I guess most of us get to- Will I let myself go grey? Am I comfortable with that? If I’m not comfortable with that then why not?
I your post made me look at myself and ask the why? Why do you wear makeup 90% of the time, why do you dress a certain way etc? Is it because I want to for my self or because of how I want to be perceived?
Great questions. Healthy questions?
I’m naturally blonde and highlight my hair so it has depth. But since I became unwell last year and it was physically harder to get to the hairdresser, so appointments were more spread out I began to see lots of what are call sparkles in my hair- and I think I like them!
So I changed how I had my hair coloured. I get my hair done in March, my son is getting married ❤️ (insert excitement) and after that I think I’m going to give it a go of seeing how I feel about letting those sparkles come to life!
My mum has the most glorious head of white, so soft, hair. Am I ready to be my mum? I’ll let you know 🤣.
I feel like I’ve only just begun to find my style in how I dress, in what makes me feel comfortable but also what makes me feel good. And whilst I think it’s nice, I don’t care what others think. Well I do care what my husband thinks actually. He likes how I dress, but if he really hated something, I probably wouldn’t wear it.
I have always wanted a pair of ripped jeans. I love them, but was too scared to have a pair because of what people thought. Recently I bought a pair.l and showed my husband and said I’d really like your honest opinion. Sweet sweet man said, if you like them, wear them.
My sisters refuse to be present with me if I I wear them🤣.
So yes, I like to look how I feel represents me. Which mostly is classic conservative with one pair of ripped jeans on the side 🤣
Yes I’ll be wearing very subtle makeup.
And I will sit beside you proudly whatever your
look is, knowing I am sitting beside a precious child of God, bought with a price none of us could pay and thankful to have the privilege of sharing space with you.
Sister… you wear those ripped jeans! I love em ❤️ and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to look and feel good for yourself. I think for me it was similar in what is my motivation. I had to ask am I doing this for me or because of how I was raised? Then one day I heard the words, just show up. So that’s what I do!
I needed this!!! Thank you! 💗
So happy it spoke to you today ❤️❤️❤️
So good. “…trusting the One who gave me this body to carry me for as long as necessary.” Thank you Sarah.
Your insights and beautiful sharing led me to Psalm 139.
“I will praise You for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Marvellous are your ways and that my soul knows very well.”
Aren’t the psalms so reflective of our own up and downs, highs and lows, mountains and valleys? But He always ends it with all glory to God! Love ❤️
Yes!🍃🕊️
Wow! Just WOW!!!!
You know what?….so often we think we are the only ones that feel a certain way, and then you find out you’re not!
As always, perfectly said about all of our imperfections!!! I will hold on to these words!
❤️❤️❤️ so blessed you enjoyed it x
That is so beautiful. Thank you.
When I think about others, I don’t just think about their physical appearance- so why would I think that others only judge me by how I look?
Yes 🙌 yes 🙌 yes 🙌
I struggle so much with appearance. I lost so much hair due to an autoimmune disease that I had to get a wig. Losing your hair teaches you hard lessons, and while outer beauty fades, inner beauty is what we should tend to. Thank you for this great post.