Come on girls, SPARKLE!

I was reading another blog the other day and it is written by a single dad (clue). He had photographs of magazines with "beautiful" girls on the cover and he apologized to women for our insecurity. (Debating on putting in a link)(Link is below) As I was reading this I was thinking, "I'm sure not perfect and he's hitting the nail on the head about women". I thought also "I don't want to be "beautiful", I want to SPARKLE" No not like Edward in Twilight, I want to SHINE for JESUS and let Him show in me. I'm as insecure as they come. I'm super fat and I don't think much of my personality either. Physically, I can't stand myself. If I can look in the mirror and SPARKLE and SHINE, if I can show compassion the way Christ does, if I can lead by example, fight the good fight, walk with my Savior, sing praise and Hallelujah, nurture the wounded, pray for people, be a friend, be a shoulder to cry on, lend an ear to listen, use who I am and what I love to share the word, the truth, with others... Can't that make me SPARKLE?

Women spend so much time on what's in season, what's in fashion, and how to be a size 0 that they've forgotten how to SPARKLE. I have seen women who GLOW with radiance because the Lord surrounds their life. When they speak it is blessed and they are far more beautiful and articulate than any model. We try so hard to fit into this little box that society created (which keeps getting smaller by the way) that we've forgotten how wonderful it is to be individualized and unique. I have weight to lose, I do, I'm working on it. That kind of beauty can't happen overnight. I take full responsibility of what I've done to my body, but I can still be pretty, beautiful even. When I fully immerse myself in the Word, when inspiration strikes and I write, I'm happy and my eyes start to SPARKLE. People will stop to let me know that my eyes SPARKLE. When Jesus is my focus I start to SHINE. How wonderful to have that available, to be beautiful because you're shining with the Spirit. So come on girls, spend less time trying to get half nekkid on a magazine skinny and more time SHINING and SPARKLING. Be beautiful because God says your are not because Red Book or COSMO says you are.
(Yes, I realize this is a typical fat girl blog. "It's what's on the inside that counts" but it's not an excuse. It's to be inspiring to women who should just be proud to be women and beautiful because they're godly women.)

*The Jesus Loving Princess*

*Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5*


Link to the single dad blog
http://www.danoah.com/2010/10/worthless-women-and-men-who-make-them.html