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Delight in His flawless design. Aka YOU. ✨
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This was taken last year when I felt like my arms and thighs were taking over my body and before I had a regular work out routine + dancing with my Zumba titas lol ‍♀️
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Can I be honest though? I nitpick things about myself all the time still including the things I can’t control.
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Here’s what happens when we do so:
1️⃣ When we fret on our flaws or complain about our imperfections, our argument isn’t with the mirror or ourselves. It’s with God.
2️⃣ We’re telling the Master Craftsman that He’s made a few mistakes and that we could have done this creation thing a whole lot better.
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And just as George MacDonald said,
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“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God’s thought, and then made by God is the dearest, grandest, and most precious thing in all thinking.”
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We can delight in His flawless design, whether or not it seems flawless to us.
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From “True Beauty” by Carolyn Mahaney
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#truebeauty #bedeeplyrooted #womenofGod #philippines #kalibo #forme (at Kalibo)
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5am view Can I please have you every morning?
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This was during a women’s retreat to Real three weeks ago. I was in my quiet time and since I was surrounded by creation, I looked up “mountains” in the concordance and the Spirit hit me with this:
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“You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you and all the trees of the field will clap heir hands… This will be the Lord’s renown for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed.” - Isaiah 55: 11-13
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I teared!
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I try to have a balance of thanking and asking things from God during these moments with Him but this particular morning all I could do was praise. Like you probably, I request A LOT from God but sometimes it feels so good to pause, reflect on Him and His goodness, and just do this . Internally and externally. And you know what it brings?
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Peace and joy.
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#realquezon #philippines #mountainsunrise #bedeeplyrooted #womenofGod #quiettimewithgod (at Real, Quezon)
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