Learning to trust: My journal

Perfect

 Wednesday, June 5, 2019

 Hi y'all! So I've been thinking a bit about confidence today. One of my friends was saying how self conscious she has been feeling this week. Then she said that she wished she could be like me and never worry about what others thought about her. I laughed and said that I really used to be super self conscious about EVERYTHING! During grade 9 I was super self conscious about what I did, if my "friends" liked me or not, and even a bit self conscious about how I looked (and for me that was weird because I'm a really big tomboy so I usually don't care about what I look like). Knowing how I had struggled with what people thought of me, I told her that it I thought she is beautiful just how she is. 

 This made me think about how we as girls (especially) put so much worth in what we look like. We all (in some way) want to be perfect and the world says that "perfection" is being having a big butt, big lips, perfect eyebrows, loads of makeup and being as skinny as possible. Then you've got to wear as short shorts as possible, a super low cut shirt that is also a crop top. This image of beauty is not what God says is perfect. He didn't make us to wear such revealing clothing or have every part of us "perfect". In His eyes we are absolutely perfect, the way he made us. After all he is God, He can't make mistakes. 

 So the next time you feel like you are not good enough or look so ugly compared to others on Instagram, remember that Go has made you the way you are for a reason. You are perfect in his sight, there is no flaw in you. 

 -Emmers