Daily pearls from the shore🫧 I am because He is. We are all created beautifully. We are all created wonderfully. “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.” (Psalms 139:14) Because we are created in the image of the One who is the most beautiful. “God created mankind in His own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” (Genesis 1:27) But not many of us believe that. One of the major issues that people are struggling with in the present times is self-image. School kids are being body-shamed and bullied. Young people are ready for anything to conform to the latest trends. Men are into bodybuilding, and women are into all kinds of cosmetic surgeries. Apart from outer looks, another struggle that is weighing people down is self-condemnation. The “not good enough”, “not a good person, “bad person,” and many such wrong beliefs are disfiguring the identities inside out. All this is taking such a mental toll on them that some even get into depression, eating disorders, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Because we measure beauty either by outward looks, by our deeds, or by how we feel, it all directs the pressure towards us. The truth is something else. Next time you look at yourself in the mirror, look at the beauty again, because it's there. Ask God to show it to you, because He knows where it is. He has knit you together. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” (Psalms 139:13) This applies to both outward and inward beauty. The only thing you need is to measure your beauty with your Maker’s eyes and not by worldly standards. Colossians 3:10 mentions finding that by renewing yourself in that image. “.. and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge of the image of its Creator.” When we ask God and allow Him to show us that beautiful side of ourselves, we stop finding faults or comparing. But there is a catch. The new self that is there, the beautiful self, comes out only when you get to know Lord Jesus, because He is the true Beauty. And we were created in His Image. When we get to know Him, we get to know ourselves and the beauty within ourselves that God put there. The beauty is not about our physical or internal attributes but about His beatitudes in us. So, stop beating yourself up. You were looking at the wrong person all this time. You are beautiful because your Creator is. Remember this and believe. If you struggle with self-image, low sel-worth, eating disorders, labels or body shaming, let's help you get rid of those and meet your true self that is beautiful and wonderful in and out. Contact: Voice Of The One Calling:WhatsApp @+918437213863 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16yH2n18W3/