Beauty from the Inside Out

"People are like stain glass windows. They glow and sparkle when it's sunny and bright,

but when the sun goes down their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within."

A few weeks ago I was at church with the nursery kids, and one girl had to use the bathroom. So I took her to the Ladies' room and after she was done, she looked at herself in the big, full-length mirror that is right by the bathroom door.  She stood there for a minute, tilted her head to the side, and said, "I am so prettyful." She didn't say it in a boastful or snobb-ish sort of way. It was all honesty, like she had listened to and believed her parents when they told her she was pretty. She is a gorgeous little 3 year old, there is no question about that. 

I was so taken by her comment because so often, as girls get older that confidence wanes.  There is so much negative media influence on a women that makes one believe she is too thin, too fat, too short, has bad hair, or isn't tan enough.  But that is not the way we should go about life. Let's follow the example of this 3 year old.

Let's look into full length mirrors in the bathroom and in your homes and say, "I'm so prettyful."  "I'm so prettyful because I am a woman!"



"The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.The beauty of a woman must be seen from her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.

The Beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing
years only grows!"
 -Sam Levenson