in the eyes of the Beholder, you are beautiful
Procrastinating as the semester draws to a close, instead of working on my second to last story for reporting I browsed through my old picture files, looking at what I saw through my camera lens first semester. I realized I frame my subjects often and have a unique and beautiful perspective of the world.
It's funny, but my favorites are from my first assignment, approaching random strangers and taking a very close picture of their face. Creepy, I know. But it was so cool to just approach people like that and look at them up close.
Every face is beautiful. Every wrinkle, every blemish, every eye crinkle is beautiful. Every single face is absolutely beautiful. It's like when I was looking through that lens I was able to see how God looks at all of His creations. Every single one is a precious work of art.
I then moved on to looking at pictures of myself. It was strange seeing pictures of that purple eyeshadowed beauty trying to be a model. The pictures are so beautiful they almost seem unreal. Sometimes I get frustrated, thinking I was so much more beautiful when my hair was straight, but honestly, I'm more beautiful now. Why? Because I think so. Because I am becoming confident in the beauty that God has given me. Every woman has beauty. Every single one. You can't change that. Clothes, hair, make-up cannot change that beauty. It's beauty on the inside but it manifests itself on the outside. A woman who is at peace and can rest in her beauty is truly beautiful.
It's hard not to strive. Our society is based on striving. But if your hair is straight or curly, if you are skinny or fat, tall or short, you are absolutely beautiful. It's just a matter of taking hold of that beauty.
Looking back, it's amazing to see how God has worked through this year. I struggled a lot and my heart broke so many times, but God was constant, ever faithful and His love truly is unfailing. When I see the peace I found and I feel it course throughout my being it just reminds me of how amazing God truly is.
This world is so beautiful. Even in the midst of tragedy and ugliness, there is still beauty to beheld. You just need to find that unique angle to see it, but it's there.
It's funny, but my favorites are from my first assignment, approaching random strangers and taking a very close picture of their face. Creepy, I know. But it was so cool to just approach people like that and look at them up close.
Every face is beautiful. Every wrinkle, every blemish, every eye crinkle is beautiful. Every single face is absolutely beautiful. It's like when I was looking through that lens I was able to see how God looks at all of His creations. Every single one is a precious work of art.
I then moved on to looking at pictures of myself. It was strange seeing pictures of that purple eyeshadowed beauty trying to be a model. The pictures are so beautiful they almost seem unreal. Sometimes I get frustrated, thinking I was so much more beautiful when my hair was straight, but honestly, I'm more beautiful now. Why? Because I think so. Because I am becoming confident in the beauty that God has given me. Every woman has beauty. Every single one. You can't change that. Clothes, hair, make-up cannot change that beauty. It's beauty on the inside but it manifests itself on the outside. A woman who is at peace and can rest in her beauty is truly beautiful.
It's hard not to strive. Our society is based on striving. But if your hair is straight or curly, if you are skinny or fat, tall or short, you are absolutely beautiful. It's just a matter of taking hold of that beauty.
Looking back, it's amazing to see how God has worked through this year. I struggled a lot and my heart broke so many times, but God was constant, ever faithful and His love truly is unfailing. When I see the peace I found and I feel it course throughout my being it just reminds me of how amazing God truly is.
This world is so beautiful. Even in the midst of tragedy and ugliness, there is still beauty to beheld. You just need to find that unique angle to see it, but it's there.