Beauty is in the eye of the Creator

For so many years, I have asked myself, “God, why have you made me this way?”

Just like many other teenagers, I have hated my hair, my skin, my fingers, my fingernails, my hands, my nose, my ears, my butt, my stomach, etc. But more than just a laundry list of annoyances, and more than you ever needed to know about me, these are each things that I haven’t left to God’s control.

Going through the awkward teen years was bad enough, but at 22, I still feel like I haven’t grown out of them. I realize that there is such a thing as too much self-confidence, but regardless of how much I could possibly dislike the way I look, I am still an image bearer of God.

The fact of the matter is that God didn’t just create us as a whole, but He picked out each and every atom in your body. (more…)