When you see yourself, what do you see? A portrait of a classy woman always exuding grace and confidence? Hmm. While that might be an answer many of us strive towards, if you are anything like me, there are days when I can feel more like a haggard mess as I barrel through my day.

Let’s face it, in today’s society, there is a ton of pressure on women to look a certain way. We can’t even stand in a grocery line without being bombarded with pictures of models who have perfect figures, amazing hair, trendy clothes, and beautiful airbrushed makeup. And if we are not careful, we as women can walk away feeling very discontented and critical of ourselves. Can you relate?

I believe this is a struggle many of us women face throughout our lives, and if we are not careful we can so easily buy into our society’s obsession with not just beauty but all out perfection…which no amount of dieting, exercising, or shopping could ever attain. That is why it is SO important that we find our security in the Lord- not in how we look, not in what we have, but in who we are in Christ!

If only we could see ourselves as God sees us! He formed us in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139), and we are created in His image (Genesis 1:27). Have you ever thought about the fact that every time we pick ourselves apart and put ourselves down we are insulting our Creator? (how convicting is that?) He made us just the way we are! And here’s my favorite part- because I have a personal relationship with God, I am His child which makes me a daughter of the King! Imagine if we truly embraced, believed, and lived that? How different we would view ourselves, our lives, and this short time that we have here on this earth if we truly saw ourselves through God’s eyes.

So as we wrestle through this whole self-image thing, my prayer for each of us women is that we will confidently know who we are in Christ and focus more on Him and less on ourselves…causing Jesus to absolutely radiate from each of our lives. What could be more beautiful than that?