Millions of children live in extreme poverty.
Naked. Hungry. Homeless.
She lives in a tiny shack no bigger than an average bedroom with her mother and seven siblings. Her Father died a few years ago and her Mum is unemployed. This precious little girl eats one meal a day at the care point. That is it. She has worn the same clothes everyday for the past 3 days, and yet she is so beautiful.
When is it okay to spend $100 on a pair of shoes when so many children have none?
Why do we show off our latest phones, cars and clothes like they even matter?
I’m guilty of this too. Finding joy or beauty in the material things I own – but not anymore.
My feet are never clean, my nails have never been less cared for – no matter how hard I scrub there is always a coating of the African soil gripping to my skin. I haven’t had a real shower since I left America and yet I have never felt more Beautiful.
I have seen the most pure form of beauty in the hearts of these children. True happiness exudes from their faces. The joy they get from the love we can show them, the thankfulness I see from receiving a meal – this is true beauty.
Beauty has nothing to do with being thin, owning an expensive car or having perfect teeth. It has to do with your heart. God made you in His image, how can you ever say you’re not beautiful.
I challenge you to look in the mirror and see yourself the way that God sees you.
You are His creation, pure, holy and so beautiful in His eyes.
