Speechless Beauty!

This occurred to me the other day while applying my mascara for a school audition. It took me literary twice as much time to perfect my eyelashes than it took me to perfect every other area on my face. That’s the one reason I never wear mascara, the feeling of having to apply and risking the effects of a messy black eye makes me think twice before applying it..lol.

That said, back to my point: As a school friend did my hair while I applied my make-up, she started bragging about how beautiful the features on my face were. She said they were so perfectly visible for the eye of the beholder. I looked at her and thought the same about her and told her how God has made all of us beautiful, yet different and unique. She didn’t seem to get my point.or just didn’t understand were I was going. She continued over-lifting my outer beauty. Although I was grateful for her comments, I told her “ My flaws are just not as visible” (we both giggled) but than I stopped at that statement and thought through what I had just said.

I didn’t take regret of the statement I had un-intentionally just said, but I did pause and think about it. Well what do I mean by that, truth be told is that some women do stand out more than others, whether it is in height, eye color, hair, size, talents, length, bone structure, body type, eyebrows, etc., Whatever it is!

When it comes to choosing someone for a role in the acting business, the first thing they notice is if your look fits the role. All beautiful girls competing for the same part, one will question whether one gets the part simply for their outer beauty. As this statement is debatable, truth be told, no matter how much talent one has, looks will make the final decision final. UNFORTUNATELY. That’s how the world works.. --“Man looks at the outer appearance.” 1 Samuel 16:7

This is usually a topic that comes up a lot in my class topics and that’s why am writing about it, but also because is something I know we all can relate with. But in all, its mostly to make a point of how much we focus on working on our outer beauty that we forget about our inner beauty. This goes for men as well.

I am definitely a victim of this everyday, yep even today. Sometimes I debate whether I should workout or spend sometime with God or read the bible. Especially when my schedule is full of To-Dos.I’ve lost count on how many times I’ve worked soo hard to make myself look Beautiful for the eye of the beholder that I take to much pride in all the time it took me to look the way i look. My perfectly fitted clothes, perfectly applied make-up, etc. The way i carry myself with Confidence and dignity forgetting about all my Hidden "flaws." Like a selfish heart, an ambitious attitude, a lazy disposition.

In trying to keep up with yesterday’s theme of feminine stereotypes. Yes, how cliché of me. Lol. I once heard that the only girls who harp on inner beauty are the ugly ones. I’ll go ahead and leave this statement open for all of you to decide! Haaa ;) A verse that I Love to read everytime am overly consumed with my outer self is..

“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” While outer beauty is purely subjective, inner beauty is judged by the Kings of Kings. We can’t hide our flaws from him. With the Joy of Christ radiating from within, with the confidence that comes from knowing we are all wonderfully and fearfully made, and with the assurance that true inner beauty comes from our matchlessly beautiful father in heaven, you’re probably more beautiful than you think.

The beauty that truly means everything is the beauty that comes from knowing the Lord. That kind of beauty affects the way we carry ourselves, the way we dress but most important the way we view others. I am talking about the all encompassing beauty, the beauty that stands out from the rest of the crowd, the beauty that only God can give. And, if you claim to know Jesus Christ as your Savior, it is most definitly a beauty that you can by his grace strive to attain.

I am not asking you to go to the nearest mirror and strike a pose and say “ohhh look how beautiful I am! How is it that anyone is better looking than me? lol. Nor do I want you to start nitpicking and critzing every actress and deciding that the perfect slant of her chiffon across her shoulder hides the hideous mole she has.-- Ok.. so the second was a bad example. But I do want me and u -to try- to seek the timeless endless beauty of the Lord’s precepts.

As I watched a Grace Kelly film in class a time ago, I came to admire her beauty and kind of focus to much on it. Her poise, elegance, style, demureness, Grace. Whether she was shooting a film, walking along the beach, or hammering it up in a game of charades, her beauty was simply astonishing. Simply Captivating.

Flesh and Blood examples of outward beautiful female actresses such a Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn may inspire us to carry ourselves with a little more dignity, but what should really raise our chins and straighten our backs is to know that we are perfectly, matchlessly loved by Christ. And no am not saying that we should not admire the poise of women such as these; I’m an admirer myself. But It always helps me to remind myself to not let my admiration usurp my desire to be inwardly beautiful, and to admire women who perhaps were not has glamorous as Princess Grace, but were Kindhearted servants of the Lord, and to know that even the most beautiful women on television and magazine ads have insecurities just like the rest of us, and even women as outwardly beautiful as Audrey Hepburn were in desperate need of a loving Savior. Because in the long haul that’s the beauty that truly matters.


Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain. But a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. –Proverbs 31:3