dailydatewithgod

When I get a message like this, I find that I cock my head to the side like a puppy dog, “huh?”  Be beauty?  The first thing that comes to mind when I think of beauty is the world’s measurement of beauty, you know –People magazine’s 50 most beautiful people all done up in some magazine spread.  Unfortunately my photography session was cancelled for today. 😉  Somehow I think God’s definition of beauty is greater than the world’s.  The first place I look to is in nature. My eyes are drawn to the changing color of leaves this time of year, the roses that bloom with such grace, the way the Christmas lights twinkle around the trees.  How am I supposed to be that?  I think for many many years I avoided being my version of beautiful out of fear of drawing attention.  Because beauty does draw attention.  I can’t help but look at a twinkling star, be stunned by a beautiful desert sunset or smile at the sight of a bouquet of fresh flowers. I most certainly cannot forget my trip to Yosemite five years ago where I walked around with my jaw open most of the time just in sheer shock of the beauty that surrounded me.  I still remember as I left the park that day.  I felt as though I heard God say, “Thank you.”  When I asked for what, I got back “Thank you for coming to see my other beauty.”  Yes, God thinks that I am beautiful because He created me.  Not only that but he is drawn to me.  That causes me to take a breath.  I get unnerved and feel vulnerable when I take in the notion that God is enraptured by me and my beauty.  I am an obsesity survivor which means I spent a large majority of my life trying to be the opposite of what our culture says is beautiful.  But it wasn’t so much my size as my thinking –not wanting to draw attention to myself or hoping I could disappear. However, in all that time, God not once wavered. He saw beauty in me in ways that I did not see it.  So today as I walk through the world “right-sized” for me I notice that the world is a bit more drawn to me but it is my foundation in my relationship with God that allows me to know that my beauty and I don’t just mean physical beauty comes from and is noticed by a power much greater than me.  So what does it mean to be beauty-it means to show up, be my best self today, take care of the flowers in my garden (so to speak) and notice the beauty of those around me.  Lastly, when I see that beauty–whether in some flowers on my walking path or the smile of a co-worker, say-Thank you.  Thank you for showing up today. So, how can you be beauty today?  How might you see beauty today?  I think it goes without saying that I wish you a beautiful day–make it a great one. Peace~Colleen

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