You Are Beautiful

I am sure we have all at some point, looked at someone else walking by and thought to ourselves, "Why can't I look like that?" I am sure we have flipped through magazines, looking at all the "beautiful people" on the pages, and compared ourselves with them. Shoot, we may even have a close friend or a relative who we have compared ourselves with, but the comparison game gets us nowhere. It doesn't change how we look. It doesn't make us feel good, and it doesn't help us to see the beauty in ourselves or in other people. Yes, I said beauty. You are beautiful, friend! And those people whom you have compared yourself with, are beautiful too. 

We all created differently, and that means that even our body types are different. We each have our own design make-up that makes us unique and us. Just because I may not be 5'11" doesn't mean I am any less beautiful. Just because I don't look like I stepped out of Vogue magazine doesn't mean I am not beautiful. Again, we all have different body types. I cannot look like Heidi Klum. Why? Because Heidi Klum is well, Heidi Klum. She was created to be who she is, and I was created to be who I am. I am short (tiny but mighty, baby), and that will not change. I have blue eyes, brown hair, and small frame. That is how I was created. Can I do things to improve my health and appearance? Absolutely. But can I  do anything to make myself into Heidi Klum? Absolutely, positively not! 

I workout and eat healthy, because I want to be the best ME I can be. I don't workout or eat healthy so that I can look like someone else. I do it for me. I do it for my family. I do it to take care of the body that God has given me. So, why do I say all this? I say all this to encourage you to be the best YOU that you can be. Stop playing the comparison game, and start loving who were created to be. You were fearfully and wonderfully made, and you are beautiful!