Dear Low Self-Esteem

Dear Low Self-Esteem,

Listen close, because I have something to tell you, something every girl should know.  It is something that so few women make it into adulthood really believing, but is true nonetheless. You are beautiful.  Heart-wrenchingly so.  I know this in my very core, and I wish you did, too.  How do I know this, you might ask?  Because of the image you bear.

You are beautiful because God made you so, both internally and externally. You are beautiful because you were created with His perfect plan in mind, knit together in your Mother’s womb (just ask her, I’m sure she has the stretch marks to prove it) by the hands of one who doesn’t ever make mistakes.

Your beauty shines from you.  Just look in the mirror.  You can see character and spirit shining through your gorgeously unique eyes.  No, no, don’t start trying to convince me they aren’t gorgeous or unique, because they are.  Your eyes are a window into your soul, and your soul is a beautiful thing.  And guess what, your iris patterns are one of a kind.  No one else has one quite like yours.

You are beautiful because you were bought with a price.  The Most High declared you worth more than rubies.  You were worth dying for.  That is how beautiful and precious you are.

Worth.

Dying.

For. 

Always remember this. When the world tells you that you’re not enough, you’re lacking, or you’re deficient in some way, look to the one who created you and know that these lies offer only counterfeits of true beauty. What this world offers is vanity and a feasting of self. You are beautiful.  You are beautiful the way God made you.  There were no accidents.  He didn’t give you the nose He did because He made a mistake.  He said you were beautiful.   You always have been and you always will be. You are of infinite value.

Your beauty has been bestowed upon you by God Himself. To deny your beauty is to spit on Christ and tell Him He made a mistake.  To say you aren’t worth it is to say He spilled His blood for nothing. 

Dear Low Self-Esteem, don’t let the world’s lies become what you see.  You are beautiful, and you are so worth it.  So when you look in the mirror, make sure you look at the image you see through the eyes of your savior.  Oh dear Low Self-Esteem, remember that when you accepted Christ, you were no longer Low Self-Esteem, but Child of the One True King.