THE OTHER DAY in my quiet place as I spent a few moments with God, I asked Him if He'd share something that He liked about me.
I heard Him say, "I like how your face lights up when you think about Me."
Can you imagine how precious that was to hear? Oh my..... it spoke deep on the inside.
Well, just this morning, I was reading a Facebook message a friend sent me -- she told me about how a patient had encouraged her recently with the words that she could see Jesus in my friend and how that filled her with such joy.
My friend went on to say that for years she'd longed to be thought beautiful and to be told it by someone. Now, she was being told that she looked like Jesus to her patient; well, for anyone who loves Him, we recognize just how affirming and meaningful those words really are.
As you can image, I was delighted to respond to such a note.... I wanted to share with you an excerpt of what I shared:
Hi K---, Thank you for your lovely note. What a wonderful moment for you that your patient saw Jesus in you! WoW! I can totally understand how that would have moved your heart. It moves me even to read it....
Right now I 'see' Jesus gently cupping your lovely face with his hands... and covering it with tender kisses...... He loves your face. He likes how it lights up when you talk or think about Him. He sees your love for Him when He looks at your face. A woman in love is always beautiful .... you are beautiful.
Here's something I do often with worship songs we sing. If they are love songs, I often image Jesus singing the words (where applicable) back at me. So that piece we sang on Sunday about Beautiful face, beautiful eyes..... as I sang that to Him, He was singing it back to me. I found that so, so precious.
Perhaps this is the day you might want to ask Him what He likes about you! You can trust that He will say something that is beautiful, kind, and loving. Because that's just how He does it.
On that note... here's wishing you a beautiful day with lots of heaven's glimpses everywhere for you to enjoy!
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What a thought!
ReplyDeleteThis post reminds me of the verse in Psalm 45 ' "The king is enthralled by your beauty." Isn't it amazing that God sees us as beautiful? And that his beauty can shine through us to others?
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post, Brenda -
Thank-you Brenda, for these beautiful thoughts. I'm ashamed to admit that Often I think about what He must see in me that grieves Him...hard to grasp that He sees only beauty because He washed us in His blood. I will take a little time to absob your words and challenge today...and yes, be aware of the heaven-glimpses He sends!
ReplyDeleteThank-you for all the lovely words you left on my 'porch' for me to enjoy:)
God Bless~
p.s. It is so delightful to meet other dishwashers;))
Wonderful post! And what a goal for us as Christian, to show Christ living in us.
ReplyDelete"Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me..."
Enjoy your weekend!
Yes - this is a relationship, right? So, we do need words back to us, personally, spoken through His Word, others, or in his still sweet voice!
ReplyDeletegreat thought, we need to do this with our loved ones. Express our gratitude for them...you might want to undo your word recognition-it's a pain now with two words to descipher. I took mine off but still have to approve any comments before publishing.
ReplyDeleteHe thinks we are beautiful because he sees 'the real' us, not that fleeting outward person. God doesn't have ugly children!
ReplyDeleteAll smiles!
ReplyDeleteThis was lovely! (I happen to like lots of things about you, by the way - like how your blog is always so full of sunshine.)
ReplyDeleteOh, I love this! I am going to totally do it--thanks for the idea!
ReplyDeleteI love this idea so much, I posted about it on my blog and linked back to you here, Brenda. I challenged my readers to ask Jesus the same question, and I'm going to, too, then report back to them what He says. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post. I'd like someone to say I was beautiful, too, but I'd rather have them say that they saw Jesus in me.
ReplyDeleteI love the first of your pictures:
"Beauty Inspires." It certainly does.
Oh you dear friends... what a joy to find your comments and thoughts....
ReplyDeleteHi Brenda, this is one of the most beautiful posts I have ever read! It touched my heart very deeply. Have a lovely evening ahead! Delisa :)
ReplyDeleteCame over from Jeanette's blog, so glad I did! Wonderful food for thought. :)
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