Restoring All Things Girls

My friend Jolie and I were discussing hot flashes. I don't know how we got on that topic, but Jolie would mention later that she has hot flashes. I thought she was joking, so I responded, “Jolie, you are too young to be have hot flashes”. What she would share next surprised me.  Jolie shared that at the age of 18 she was diagnosed with Ovarian Failure.  She was devastated to learn she would never have children.  Jolie was married at the time of her diagnosis, but the harsh reality of never having children plagued her marriage.  Jolie began to believe her husband didn’t love her anymore.  In fact, she would often tell him he had stopped loving her.  The marriage ended in divorce after she discovered he had an affair.  Jolie attributes the demise of her marriage to her inability to cope with the pain of not having children. Jolie shared something only she and I and those who have experienced this can relate.   Jolie talked about dealing w...

The steadfast love of the   Lord   never ceases;      his mercies never come to an end;   they are new   every morning;      great is your faithfulness.   “The   Lord   is my portion,” says my soul,      “therefore I will hope in him.” Lamentations 3: 22-24  ESV

On any day or night, a young girl can be found before a mirror or an open diary asking: “Am I pretty?” Pretty  is a powerful word that has been the source of so much pain, and has led to many fractured hearts, minds, and relationships. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, someone who is  pretty  is “pleasing by delicacy or grace; [has] conventionally accepted elements of beauty; and appear[s] or sound[s] pleasant or nice but lack[s] strength, force, manliness, purpose, or intensity.” The dictionary defines the word  beautiful  as a “quality…that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit.” So, prettiness is the shallowest and most conventional form of beauty, but beauty has an expansive meaning that can include exaltation of the mind or spirit. It is no wonder that the Bible portrays beauty as a transformational force that encompasses, but also extends beyond the senses to exude an internal sense of wellbeing, ...

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Everything about you is God given Your interest, talents and abilities are all God given Your height, size, race and pigmentation are all God given So when you look in the mirror and you don’t like what you see,  remember God made you You are a reflection of His manifested glory on the earth. His gift to the world, so be happy with who you are You are beautifully and wonderfully made

Because He lives I can face tomorrow Because He lives all fear is gone   Because I know He holds the future And life is worth the living just because  He lives