Beauty

Dear God,

You are beautiful beyond belief
You made me in Your image
Help me to see that I am beautiful

Help me to see beauty in others
Beauty in the poor
Beauty in the angry
Beauty in the sad
Beauty in the joyful
Beauty in the merciful
Beauty in the merciless

Help me to be beautiful
Beautiful in my works
Beautiful in my words
Beautiful in my relationships
With my family
My friends
And You

Thank you for making me beautiful
Thank you for showing me beauty
Thank you for helping me know that I am beautiful

Amen.



Earlier this week, I saw a show, and they were talking about how beauty comes from within. I think that that is an important thing. I know it is a little bit cliche, perhaps, but I think it is true, and I am glad that people try to take the media image of beautiful and replace it with a beautiful image that is real and believable. I think that when you carry yourself with dignity and you are comfortable in your own skin, people will find you beautiful. That is what I find beautiful in people, that self-confidence and pride. And I think that God is the perfect person to ask for help to achieve that self-confidence and to be able to see yourself and others as beautiful and dignified.