The Beauty of a Heart for the Lord
So many of us women have, "image issues." We
put WAY too much value in our looks. We live in a society where looks
are glorified, and if you don't look a certain way, you are unattractive.
This starts at such an early age. I remember coaching
for the girls on the run program and having a little girl come up to me
(in 3rd grade-9 years old) say, "look at my thighs Mrs. McDonnell, they
are so fat." Ugh.
I love the story in 1 Samuel 16:7. When Samuel went to anointed the new king of Israel. He came to the house of Jesse. All of Jesse's big handsome sons came before Samuel and the Lord said..nope not him, nor him. Is this all of them? Jesse said well....there is the youngest but he's in the field with the sheep. (kinda like...that runt...you don't want to see him.) Samuel said, "go get him." When David appeared. the Lord said this is He, and anointed David..IN FRONT OF HIS BIG BROTHERS!! OH YEah!! whoo whoo!! Can you imagine the looks on the brothers faces. Wish I could have seen that!
You see the world puts value in how you look. But the Lord sees the beauty in the heart of each of His children. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Luke 6:45.
Now David was not a perfect man, but the Lord refers to him as a man after His own heart. God used David to slay a Giant!! This runt of the family lead the army of Israel. Now David made some horrible mistakes also. But when he did he repented and humbly asked God to forgive Him. You see that's the type of heart the Lord is looking for. Humble! In Jeremiah 29:13 it says You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
I think God doesn't want you to go clean yourself up make yourself perfect before you come to him. He simply wants your heart surrendered to Him. The good, the bad, and the ugly. When surrendered He can use you to do amazing things for Him, and it doesn't matter what size your thighs are.
I love the story in 1 Samuel 16:7. When Samuel went to anointed the new king of Israel. He came to the house of Jesse. All of Jesse's big handsome sons came before Samuel and the Lord said..nope not him, nor him. Is this all of them? Jesse said well....there is the youngest but he's in the field with the sheep. (kinda like...that runt...you don't want to see him.) Samuel said, "go get him." When David appeared. the Lord said this is He, and anointed David..IN FRONT OF HIS BIG BROTHERS!! OH YEah!! whoo whoo!! Can you imagine the looks on the brothers faces. Wish I could have seen that!
You see the world puts value in how you look. But the Lord sees the beauty in the heart of each of His children. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Luke 6:45.
Now David was not a perfect man, but the Lord refers to him as a man after His own heart. God used David to slay a Giant!! This runt of the family lead the army of Israel. Now David made some horrible mistakes also. But when he did he repented and humbly asked God to forgive Him. You see that's the type of heart the Lord is looking for. Humble! In Jeremiah 29:13 it says You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
I think God doesn't want you to go clean yourself up make yourself perfect before you come to him. He simply wants your heart surrendered to Him. The good, the bad, and the ugly. When surrendered He can use you to do amazing things for Him, and it doesn't matter what size your thighs are.
