Women are beautiful.

Open link and listen while you read.
(Lacey Sturm in "The Cross" Billy Graham movie series)

I want you to feel the words, let them wash over you, feel how much God loves you.
God made women so incredibly, intricately beautiful and my challenge today for you is to BEE lovely in your own way.

God made women to be gentle, to be caregivers, to nurse their babies back to health, to be lovers and helpers, to reflect graciousness, and to be complex in all your ways, something new to discover about yourself everyday. You look at some women and see they walk with such elegance, some speak with such tenderness, and some smell so sweet. You don't think that about men in that way because God made women to be the pinnacle of all his beautiful creation.

You may know how it feels to be ignored, to be overlooked, maybe someone has made you feel two inches tall, you walk through a crowd and feel invisible, maybe you feel insignificant, pointless or meaningless, maybe you feel like you can't be the woman God created you to be.
 I don't know your story.

But God sees you.

You are so incredibly, intricately beautiful.

You may see a round face in your reflection but I see a warm smile and gentle eyes.

I see you over there in the corner.
You're not invisible.

You are so lovely, the way you write, create, design.
You have so much to offer.
Come out of your corner and shine.

Your hair just lays so nicely along your shoulders, your style is uniquely you.
Your cherry red lips.
I am mesmerized by the way you carry yourself.
I admire who you are.

There's something so sweet about you.

You have this deep, rich heart that loves extravagantly.

I enjoy being around you.

I see you over there.

You're not alone, I haven't forgotten you.

You have so many qualities that God designed in you.
You're capable and qualified.
You shine with confidence, you light up the room.
People are drawn to you.
I know you don't see yourself like I do.
I wish you would.
You have such a big heart so full of ideas so full of life.
You may feel like no one appreciates who you are but I do.
I see you.
I see the pain you have endured.
And all the wonderful beauty that has come from it.
You may feel invisible but I see you.
You don't have to compete, you don't have to compare.
You are absolutely perfect the way God made you.
People will always make you feel less about yourself.
They won't always see what you're capable of or see the gifts you have to offer.
But God does.
You are stronger than you think you are.
You don't have to let anyone define who you were created to be.
No one can stop you from doing what God wants you to do.

Come out of your corner and be the beautiful woman you were meant to be.

If you feel like I'm talking directly to you, my sweet friend, God wants you to look to him. We are the last stroke of paint in his master design. He made us as beautiful as he did because he wanted us to reflect all his beauty. He made us to be lovely, to embrace lovely qualities, and to reflect loveliness. He made us to be painters, writers, poets, crafters, and homemakers. He made us to be creative in our homes and creative how we dress ourselves, to reflect warmness and gentleness. He made us to fight for justice, to speak up for truth, to stand up for faith. He made us to love deeply and to be in deep relationship. He made some of us leaders, some of us pastor's wives, some of us prayer warriors, some of us teachers, nurses, or lawyers. He made us to have imagination, to share big ideas, to dream, to explore. We were meant to shine bright, to reflect the beautiful love of JESUS. We were not meant to be squelched or minimized. That is the work of satan to destroy women. This is so far from being a woman's movement piece, but my heart is to unlock all the beautiful potential in women that is being caged in. Enough my friend. No more letting others navigate your path, look to God to lead you in all your ways.

Like the deep, rich color of purple, a woman pursuing to live a purple life would keep her focus on Jesus, listen to what he wants her to do, strive to go deep in relationships and deep with God. The sky should be the limit to discovering your beautiful potential and nobody should hinder you from discovering who God wants you to become. He wants you to spread your wings, to grow into your greatest, most beautiful possible potential.


If you were made to be a pastor, go gather a church.
If you were made to lead, go lead.
If you were made to teach, go teach.
If you were made to evangelize, go evangelize.
If you were made to paint, go paint.
Seek God and go do what you were meant to do.
You have a place in this world, you have a role to play, go find it.

Can you see how beautiful you are yet?
Watch this short video and see you view yourself very differently than I do.