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Beautiful Things by Gungor

Beautiful.

But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at outward appearance but the LORD looks at the heart. - 1 Samuel 16:7

What do you think real beauty is? Pick someone in your life that is beautiful using God's criteria, not mans and describe them. I think it would be encouraging and refreshing not only for yourself but for anybody who hears of this true, pure beauty <3

And a spin off of this, it wrecks me to think about how our hearts are the furthest thing from beautiful. Think about it. But through the Holy Spirit and his power we can be beautiful vessels of love.

This is just the cherry stem of the cherry on top of the ice cream sundae that is being created in my mind of how God has dominated me tonight. Hope that you get something from it as well <3

the cross.

He has given me EVERYTHING through the cross. It pours through every single area of my life. The opportunities I have been given, my family, my friends, my life - it is because of what He did. And yet, I still don't fully humble myself and submit life to Him. I've known this, but I definitely am just feeling really passionate about it right now. I want to so badly. So I pray that you would pray this prayer with me, a prayer so that I might live out the gospel every single day of my life. That I might take joy in my trials and afflictions because I want to rejoice in what He has done for me on the cross.

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Thank you Jesus.