When you look in the mirror everyday (which I’m sure that you do –make up et al) I wonder what you see. Someone that you love? Or someone that you’d rather not be? Do you wish you could be better than you are right now? Why am I asking you all these questions? You’ll find out in a minute. I chose to talk about this because I find that a lot of women seem to battle having a low-self esteem. This may not be a quick fix-it for you, but it sure will help you become a more beautiful person with a little bit of effort. THERE IS NO UGLY WOMAN. Every woman is beautiful. YOU are beautiful. If you don’t get anything else from this blog just remember this always. Now let me just give you 3 tips to being a more beautiful person.
BE COMFORTABLE WITH YOURSELF: be at peace with who you are. You’ve got to understand that if you want to be more beautiful, you must think of yourself as more beautiful. It’s simple, as a man thinks in his heart, so he is (Prov 23:7). If you are pretty on the outside and you don’t think so, invariably it will affect the rest of you. It’s a simple rule of transformation: first within, then without. There are things about you that you can change, good! Change them, but you must also realise that there are things about you that you cannot change so, accept them and someday you’ll probably start to enjoy them. For instance if you don’t like your hair length or colour, get a weave or if you don’t like being short please by all means wear heels but if you don’t like your complexion, then that’s a whole different ball game but if you accept it and take care of it, sooner or later, you’ll start to enjoy it. Maybe meditating on the serenity prayer sometimes may help. It goes thus: “Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.”
LOVE YOURSELF: Without trying to sound like the average preacher – although no apologies for being a preacher – remember this: GOD DOES NOT MAKE JUNK. I think the major problem with women who battle a low self-esteem is a lack of knowledge. If you know who you are and what you carry on your inside, you will stop devaluing yourself. Everything God made has a purpose. And the amazing thing is God didn’t just make you; as a woman, he took extra care to make you. You see the Hebrew word used to describe the way a man was made is different from that used when describing how a woman was made. When referring to the making of the man, the word made there is similar to the cut and nail of a carpenter while that used to describe the woman is that of a furniture maker who not only cuts and nails but draws up a design first, then plains the wood and probably puts on the tiny details that makes whatever furniture he is making a masterpiece. Because you are a woman you have moved from being an ordinary man to being spectacular because you are everything a man is and more. You are a wom(b)man. You are productive, you are creative, you are powerful and wonderful or more aptly put full of wonder. Sweetheart, place some value on yourself. Don’t wait around for a man to do that for you. Take yourself out, buy yourself stuff, and treat yourself nice, you’re worth it.
INVEST IN YOURSELF: One of the most important things you can do for yourself is to invest in yourself. Find a gift. What are you good at? Then empower yourself through knowledge. Get a degree, a master’s degree, do a professional exam, learn a trade, etc. Whatever you need to do, like the Nike slogan says, just do it! Most importantly though, READ!!! And I don’t mean just novels, romance novels, fashion magazines, etc. read something that will expand your mind, challenge your thinking and perhaps even change your life for ever. I can sometimes indulge a man who is dull but a woman who is not sharp or one that relies only on her looks only gets on my nerves. You must train yourself to THINK – it never killed any one. You have a mind so use it. Get mentors. Not just physically but through books, tapes, etc.
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, So is a beautiful face on an empty head. Prov 11:22 [The Message Bible]
Fascinating isn’t it? God expects that when you look at the woman in the mirror, you should be proud of whom you see. A lot of the things we take for granted are actually important even to God. So honey, take yourself out, pamper yourself – perhaps a day at the spa right? Then of course READ. Till next I hear from you. Go out there and be the best you can be. There will never be another you.
(God Bless Pastor Mildred)
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